{"id":475014,"date":"2021-04-12T16:44:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/oncternal-therapeutics-announces-appointment-of-chase-leavitt-as-general-counsel\/"},"modified":"2021-04-12T16:44:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:44:55","slug":"oncternal-therapeutics-announces-appointment-of-chase-leavitt-as-general-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/oncternal-therapeutics-announces-appointment-of-chase-leavitt-as-general-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"Oncternal Therapeutics Announces Appointment of Chase Leavitt as General Counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p align=\"left\">SAN DIEGO, April  12, 2021  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONCT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel oncology therapies, today announced the appointment of Chase Leavitt as General Counsel. Mr. Leavitt joins the Company with extensive experience providing strategic, transactional, financial, and operational advice to life sciences companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChase is a highly seasoned and pragmatic General Counsel and business leader with a broad background spanning both biotech and technology companies that will help to position Oncternal for our next stage of growth,\u201d said James Breitmeyer, M.D., Ph.D., Oncternal\u2019s President and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited to join the Oncternal team at this critical juncture. The Company is advancing an attractive and differentiated pipeline of ROR1-targeting immunotherapies and oncology products in areas of high unmet need,\u201d said Mr. Leavitt. \u201cI look forward to collaborating with this highly focused team to develop new cancer treatments while positioning Oncternal to become a leading player in the oncology space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Leavitt served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company, from May 2019 to April 2021 where he focused on public company compliance and governance, business development transactions, financing activities, litigation, and managed all other legal needs of the company. From June 2018 to May 2019, Mr. Leavitt served as Vice President of Legal Affairs of Tang Capital Management, LLC, a life sciences-focused investment company, and its affiliate Odonate Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company. From May 2017 to May 2018, Mr. Leavitt served as the Deputy General Counsel of Switch, Inc., a publicly traded technology company, and previously served as its Associate General Counsel from July 2014 to May 2017. From 2007 to 2014, Mr. Leavitt was a corporate attorney at Latham &amp; Watkins LLP, where his practice focused on public company representation, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Leavitt received a B.S. degree in business administration and a J.D. from the University of Southern California and is admitted to practice law by the State Bar of California.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Equity Inducement Grant<\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>Oncternal granted an inducement award on April 12, 2021 to Chase Leavitt under Oncternal\u2019s 2021 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan, which provides for the granting of equity awards to new employees of Oncternal as an inducement to join the Company. The inducement award to Mr. Leavitt consists of options to purchase 235,000 shares of Oncternal common stock. The options have a 10-year term and an exercise price equal to $6.76 per share, the fair market value of Oncternal\u2019s common stock on the date of grant. The options vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the options vesting on the first anniversary of Mr. Leavitt\u2019s employment start date, and the rest vesting in equal monthly installments over three years thereafter. The award was approved by Oncternal\u2019s compensation committee, comprised entirely of independent directors, as required by Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4), and was granted as an inducement material to Mr. Leavitt entering into employment with Oncternal in accordance with Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4).<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>About Oncternal Therapeutics<\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>Oncternal Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel oncology therapies for the treatment of cancers with critical unmet medical need. Oncternal focuses drug development on promising yet untapped biological pathways implicated in cancer generation or progression. The clinical pipeline includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=QntWA2d8sjRfSqN_M_txLsvA0EQzeNs2JOhg-WXnaxJgdznlRcxLHruL8OYfY8aFuwe932xowg98fj7XuB_qzl9boOtHuA9BoIvA-kbBVIw=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cirmtuzumab<\/a>, an investigational monoclonal antibody designed to inhibit the ROR1 pathway, a type I tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor, that is being evaluated in a Phase 1\/2 clinical trial in combination with ibrutinib for the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and in investigator-sponsored, Phase 1b clinical trial in combination with paclitaxel for the treatment of women with HER2-negative metastatic or locally advanced, unresectable breast cancer, as well as a Phase 2 clinical trial of cirmtuzumab in combination with venetoclax, a Bcl-2 inhibitor, in patients with relapsed\/refractory CLL. We are also developing a chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy that targets ROR1, which is currently in preclinical development as a potential treatment for hematologic cancers and solid tumors. The clinical pipeline also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=tBD5H9dx1OP2eoqPW-y6mUAKxg-GsfepCBbstCFx7Q8QXMa8mDQxWKtwykvFCISWF5J6GQdSRULViMIfef5kCz71rD2e6TNqoVFjcTnOtHo=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TK216<\/a>, an investigational targeted small-molecule inhibitor of the ETS family of oncoproteins, that is being evaluated in a Phase 1\/2 clinical trial for patients with Ewing sarcoma alone and in combination with vincristine chemotherapy. More information is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=ZY0YNBCxft4kllN2i0Su1Or6Guqfby1l4v68hFiPioMvHQu-Q_BjRtKwzO0QzE5DVg_zdPiUOGrCUuFIG9Gb-w==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.oncternal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Forward-Looking Information<\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>Oncternal cautions you that statements included in this press release that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as \u201cmay,\u201d \u201cwill,\u201d \u201cshould,\u201d \u201cexpect,\u201d \u201cplan,\u201d \u201canticipate,\u201d \u201ccould,\u201d \u201cintend,\u201d \u201ctarget,\u201d \u201cproject,\u201d \u201ccontemplates,\u201d \u201cbelieves,\u201d \u201cestimates,\u201d \u201cpredicts,\u201d \u201cpotential\u201d or \u201ccontinue\u201d or the negatives of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements are based on the company\u2019s current beliefs and expectations. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Oncternal\u2019s beliefs, goals, intentions and expectations including, without limitation, Oncternal\u2019s expectations regarding its growth and development plans. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties inherent in Oncternal\u2019s business, which include, but are not limited to: the risk that unforeseen adverse reactions or side effects may occur in the course of developing and testing product candidates such as cirmtuzumab, TK216, ROR1 CAR-T and Oncternal\u2019s other product candidates, which could adversely impact the company\u2019s ability to complete clinical trials and obtain regulatory approval for such product candidates; Oncternal has encountered delays, and may encounter additional delays or difficulties, in completing preclinical studies and enrolling and retaining patients in its clinical trials as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; the COVID-19 pandemic may disrupt Oncternal\u2019s business operations, increasing its costs; uncertainties associated with the clinical development and process for obtaining regulatory approval of cirmtuzumab, TK216 and Oncternal\u2019s other product candidates, including potential delays in the commencement, enrollment and completion of clinical trials; Oncternal\u2019s dependence on the success of cirmtuzumab, TK216, ROR1 CAR-T and its other product development programs; the risk that the approval of one of Oncternal\u2019s product candidates may be blocked for seven years if a competitor obtains approval of the same drug or biologic, as defined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or if its product candidate is determined to be contained within the competitor\u2019s product for the same indication or disease; the risk that competitors may develop technologies or product candidates more rapidly than Oncternal, or that are more effective than Oncternal\u2019s product candidates, which could significantly jeopardize Oncternal\u2019s ability to develop and successfully commercialize its product candidates; Oncternal\u2019s limited operating history and the fact that it has incurred significant losses, and expects to continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future; the risk that the company will have insufficient funds to finance its planned operations and may not be able to obtain sufficient additional financing when needed or at all as required to achieve its goals, which could force the company to delay, limit, reduce or terminate its product development programs or other operations; the risk that the benefits associated with orphan drug designation may not be realized, including that orphan drug exclusivity may not effectively protect a product from competition and that such exclusivity may not be maintained; the risk that, if an orphan designated product, including cirmtuzumab, receives marketing approval for an indication broader than what is designated, it may not be entitled to orphan exclusivity; the possibility that competitors may receive approval of different products for the indication for which an orphan product has exclusivity or obtain approval for the same product but for a different indication for which the orphan product has exclusivity; and other risks described in the company\u2019s prior press releases as well as in public periodic filings with the U.S. Securities &amp; Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements in this press release are current only as of the date hereof and, except as required by applicable law, Oncternal undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This caution is made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Oncternal Contacts:<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Company Contact<\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>Richard Vincent <br \/>858-434-1113<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=-OC_nVNxynnqwOQNaFNF0GJ5iQcf4Jxb6Z5SkCV9YYIfN6OIi2QFCowOEGH9MgigsaaA3EVuTPFeQYgrscV3C0vk2F5NIPFH5bf2XkgdlLs=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rvincent@oncternal.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Investor Contact<\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>Corey Davis, Ph.D.<br \/>LifeSci Advisors<br \/>212-915-2577<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=aRjjM18gtbUBLD4zAeMAuAnCAKfli_k7_UBhdR2Dc44VvZt5wl8AhUfmVrpOptpaqtZL5ndbl0jeJSLnRVfp2-Qir0yfH2aOnlGwDa3EokZ78b9SE4xTCvwO37dHSrmG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cdavis@lifesciadvisors.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODIxNTU2MyM0MTEyNzM3IzUwMDA3NDE2MQ==\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/release\/track\/d117b868-25e2-464d-a801-8f1866757f4b\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONCT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel oncology therapies, today announced the appointment of Chase Leavitt as General Counsel. Mr. Leavitt joins the Company with extensive experience providing strategic, transactional, financial, and operational advice to life sciences companies. \u201cChase is a highly seasoned and pragmatic General Counsel and business leader with a broad background spanning both biotech and technology companies that will help to position Oncternal for our next stage of growth,\u201d said James Breitmeyer, M.D., Ph.D., Oncternal\u2019s President and CEO. \u201cI am excited to join the Oncternal team at this critical juncture. 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(Nasdaq: ONCT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel oncology therapies, today announced the appointment of Chase Leavitt as General Counsel. Mr. Leavitt joins the Company with extensive experience providing strategic, transactional, financial, and operational advice to life sciences companies. \u201cChase is a highly seasoned and pragmatic General Counsel and business leader with a broad background spanning both biotech and technology companies that will help to position Oncternal for our next stage of growth,\u201d said James Breitmeyer, M.D., Ph.D., Oncternal\u2019s President and CEO. \u201cI am excited to join the Oncternal team at this critical juncture. 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