VistaGen Therapeutics Expands VistaStem's Scientific Advisory Board

VistaGen Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VTGN) announced the appointment of Dr. David Rotella to the scientific advisory board of their subsidiary VistaStem Therapeutics.
As quoted in the press release:

Dr. Rotella joins Gordon Keller, PhD, Director of the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Toronto, James Sanders, PhD, retired Senior Director and Preclinical Development Leader at Johnson & Johnson, and Ron Wester, PhD, retired Vice President, Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery at Pfizer Global R&D, on VistaStem’s Scientific Advisory Board.
“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Rotella to VistaStem’s Scientific Advisory Board. He joins an impressive and highly accomplished team of scientific experts from both the academic research and pharmaceutical industries. Dr. Rotella’s extensive academic research and pharmaceutical industry experience in both medicinal chemistry and drug discovery, including key leadership roles on teams at Wyeth, Pfizer and Bristol-Meyers focused on drug candidates to fight cancer, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases will be a significant factor in advancing VistaStem’s small molecule drug rescue objectives, and in evaluating other CNS-focused programs intended to expand our drug development pipeline,” stated Shawn Singh, Chief Executive Officer of VistaGen.

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