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Clinical Advisory Board
Neotropix has assembled a world-class clinical advisory board comprised of clinical and research oncologists from the country's premier cancer centers.


The Neotropix Clinical Advisory Board consists of four oncology department chairman/directors, with specific expertise in thoracic oncology. Additionally, each of the clinical advisory members has previous clinical or research experience with oncolytic viruses, and three have prior involvement with oncolytic virus clinical trials. The depth and breadth of experience on this board will prove invaluable in shaping the clinical and research strategy for our viral therapies.

A brief summary of each of the members is listed below:

Jack Roth, M.D., MD Anderson Cancer Center
Chairman Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

  • Renowned expert in biology and treatment of lung cancer

  • Extensive experience in virotherapy based Phase I/II clinical trials for lung cancer

William G. Kaelin, Jr., M.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Inst & Harvard Medical School
Professor & Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

  • Renowned expert in mechanisms of cancer progression and VHL Syndrome

  • Former SAB member at GTI/Novartis

Charles Rudin, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins: Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Director of Lung Cancer Therapeutics Program

  • Specialist in small cell lung cancer and novel oncology agent clinical trials

  • Lead investigator in virotherapy (Onyx-015) trials

John Minna, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Director of Hamon Center for Therapeutic Research

  • Broad expertise in biology and treatment of lung cancer

  • Experience in virotherapy field, with emphasis on use of tumor suppressor genes

Daniel Von Hoff, M.D., F.A.C.P. Arizona Cancer Center
Director of Cancer Therapeutics Program & Former President of AACR

  • Renowned expert in cancer biology and therapy, emphasis on pancreatic cancer

  • Lead investigator in virotherapy (Onyx-015) trials

Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D., Columbia University
Higgins Professor of Microbiology of Cancer

  • Renowned expert in picornaviruses

  • Discovered the poiovirus receptor

Mark A. McKinlay, Chief Scientific Officer, TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals

  • Co founder of  ViroPharma Inc and TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals

  • Expert in development of antipicornaviral agents

  • Currently developing novel IAP antagonists for the treatment of cancer

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