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Roger Frechette, Ph.D., Joins Akelos Inc., as Director of Operations & Business Development



NEW YORK - June 17, 2019 - (Newswire.com)

​​​​​​​​​​​Akelos Inc., a biotechnology company currently developing and commercializing a novel, non-opioid anti-hyperalgesic drug to treat chronic and neuropathic pain, adds Dr. Roger Frechette to its Executive Team as Director of Operations & Business Development.

Dr. Frechette has 30 years of experience as a scientist, business leader and entrepreneur in the Bio-Pharmaceutical industry. He is the Co-Founder and Principal of New England PharmAssociates (NEPA), a life science operations, strategy and business development consultancy. Prior to NEPA, he co-founded MaxThera, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel antibacterial drugs. MaxThera was acquired by Australian company Biota Holdings. Previously, he was a Project Director of Paratek Pharmaceuticals, where he led discovery and early development teams for the now marketed drug Nuzyra (Omadacycline). Dr. Frechette was previously Associate Director at Ribogene and a Senior Scientist at Johnson and Johnson’s RW Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute. He completed a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Wesleyan University and was a NIH postdoctoral fellow at Yale University.

“We are thrilled to have Dr. Frechette joining our leadership team. His deep domain expertise and business leadership will enable Akelos to accelerate its trajectory in commercializing a novel, non-opioid drug to treat chronic and neuropathic pain,” said Dr. Steven Fox, chairman of Akelos, Inc. “The addition of Dr. Frechette is an important milestone to realizing our goals.”

Akelos Inc., is in a research collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine to develop and commercialize a novel, non-opioid anti-hyperalgesic drug to treat chronic and neuropathic pain.

For more information, please contact:

Akelos Inc.

Dr. Steven Fox, CEO
212-953-1544
drstevefox@aol.com

About Akelos Inc.

Akelos Inc. is a biopharmaceutical clinical company focused on the translation of innovative science into treatment. The company currently is developing novel non-narcotic drugs for the treatment of neuropathic pain. The goal of Akelos is to address some of today’s most pressing areas of unmet needs.

Forward-Looking Statement

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