Eiger Appoints Industry Veteran and Regulatory Affairs Expert Mark Mannebach, PhD, RPh as Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs
"Eiger's pipeline is now late-stage with planned global regulatory activities including an NDA and MAA for Progeria and Progeroid Laminopathies, enrollment of a global Phase 3 study for Lonafarnib in HDV, and End of Phase 2 meetings for Peginterferon Lambda in HDV and Avexitide in Post-Bariatric Hypoglycemia," said
"I am excited to join Eiger's leadership team at this pivotal point in the Company's evolution and look forward to working together to advance multiple, first-in-class, rare and ultra-rare disease programs to bring therapies to patients with unmet medical needs," said Dr. Mannebach.
Dr. Mannebach was most recently Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance at
Dr. Mannebach received a PhD in
About Eiger
Eiger is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a pipeline of first-in-class, well-characterized drugs for serious rare and ultra-rare diseases for patients with high unmet medical needs and for which no approved therapies exist.
The Company's lead program is in Phase 3, developing lonafarnib, a first-in-class prenylation inhibitor for the treatment of Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) infection. The company is also advancing peginterferon lambda, a first-in-class interferon, toward a Phase 3 study for the treatment of HDV. Eiger is preparing an NDA and MAA for lonafarnib to treat Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS or Progeria) and Progeroid Laminopathies with plans to file in 2019. For additional information about Eiger and its clinical programs, please visit www.eigerbio.com.
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