Senior Executive with Global Pharmaceutical Development and
Manufacturing Experience
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2018--
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCPH), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company focused on addressing key mechanisms of tumor
drug resistance, today announced that it has appointed Stephen B. Ruddy,
Ph.D. as Chief Technical Officer. In this newly created role, Dr. Ruddy
will be responsible for establishing and leading a world-class
manufacturing and supply chain organization at Deciphera.
“We are pleased to add Steve to our leadership team at this
strategically important time in the evolution of Deciphera," said
Michael D. Taylor, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals. "Steve brings extensive pharmaceutical
manufacturing and supply chain expertise, which will be invaluable as we
plan for the potential registration and commercialization of DCC-2618
and the further development of Deciphera’s clinical-stage pipeline.”
“I am delighted to be joining Deciphera Pharmaceuticals at such an
exciting time in the advancement of the company’s proprietary kinase
switch control inhibitor pipeline,” said Dr. Ruddy. “I look forward to
working with the highly talented and passionate team at Deciphera in
continuing to build and scale its product development and manufacturing
capabilities and helping to bring promising new treatment options to
patients with cancer.”
Stephen B. Ruddy, Ph.D. has more than 25 years of global pharmaceutical
management and leadership experience in small-molecule and biologics
development and manufacturing. Prior to joining Deciphera, Dr. Ruddy
served as Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development at TESARO, Inc.,
an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company, where he built and led a
CMC organization that enabled multiple small-molecule NDA and MAA
approvals and advanced multiple immuno-oncology product candidates from
discovery into clinical development. Before joining TESARO, Dr. Ruddy
served as Senior Director, Technology Development & Operations at
ViroPharma Inc., prior to and following its acquisition by Shire plc.
Prior to joining ViroPharma, he served in CMC leadership roles of
increasing responsibility at Elan Corporation plc, Merck & Co., Inc.,
NanoSystems LLC and Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Ruddy earned
a B.S. in Pharmacy and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics, both from The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
About Deciphera Pharmaceuticals
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals is
a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the
lives of cancer patients by tackling key mechanisms of drug resistance
that limit the rate and/or durability of response to existing cancer
therapies. Our small molecule drug candidates are directed against an
important family of enzymes called kinases, known to be directly
involved in the growth and spread of many cancers. We use our deep
understanding of kinase biology together with a proprietary chemistry
library to purposefully design compounds that maintain kinases in a
“switched off” or inactivated conformation. These investigational
therapies comprise tumor-targeted agents designed to address therapeutic
resistance causing mutations and immuno-targeted agents designed to
control the activation of immunokinases that suppress critical immune
system regulators, such as macrophages. We have used our platform to
develop a diverse pipeline of tumor-targeted and immuno-targeted drug
candidates designed to improve outcomes for patients with cancer by
improving the quality, rate and/or durability of their responses to
treatment.
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