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BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gain Therapeutics, Inc. ("Gain") today announced the addition of Dov Goldstein, M.D., Gwen Melincoff, Claude Nicaise, M.D. and Hans Peter Hasler as independent members to its Board of Directors. The new board additions will provide strategic guidance as the company focuses on identifying and optimizing allosteric binding sites that have never before been targeted to unlock new treatment options for difficult-to-treat disorders characterized by protein misfolding. In conjunction with the new additions, Dr. Lorenzo Leoni and Dr. Marianne Bjordal will be stepping down from Board.
"We are pleased to welcome such a distinguished group of board members at this pivotal time for Gain," said Eric Richman, Chief Executive Officer at Gain. "Their decades of experience across the biopharmaceutical industry will be invaluable as we continue to advance our pipeline and determine how our proprietary Site-Directed Enzyme Enhancement Therapy (See-Tx) computational platform technology can best be leveraged to help patients in need of new treatment options. I look forward to working with Dr. Goldstein, Ms. Melincoff, Dr. Nicaise and Mr. Hasler."