Constellation Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment of Dr. Richard Levy to Board of Directors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNST), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company using its expertise in epigenetics to discover and develop novel therapeutics, today announced that Richard Levy, M.D., has been appointed to its Board of Directors.

Dr. Levy has nearly 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, where he held senior clinical development positions at Incyte, Celgene, DuPont Pharmaceuticals, and Sandoz / Novartis. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Drug Development and Medical Officer at Incyte, where from 2003 to 2016 he was responsible for the expansion of the clinical development portfolio in oncology and inflammation. Dr. Levy currently serves on the boards of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Kodiak Sciences, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, and ArTara Therapeutics. From 2016 to 2019 he served as a senior advisor at Baker Brothers Advisors, a health care investment company. Dr. Levy received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his training in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UCLA.

“I am excited to be joining the Constellation board,” said Dr. Levy.  “Constellation is developing a portfolio of promising product candidates, including CPI-0610 in myelofibrosis and other diseases. I look forward to working with my fellow board members and with Constellation management to help make CPI-0610 part of the new standard of care in myelofibrosis, as well as to advance the company’s other programs.”

“We’re thrilled to have someone with Rich’s expertise on our board,” said Jigar Raythatha, President and Chief Executive Officer of Constellation Pharmaceuticals. “His medical and regulatory experience will be invaluable as we work to advance CPI-0610.”

About Constellation Pharmaceuticals

Constellation Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics that selectively modulate gene expression to address serious unmet medical needs in patients with cancer.  The Company has a deep understanding of how epigenetic and chromatin modifications in cancer cells and in the tumor and immune microenvironment play a fundamental role in driving disease progression and drug resistance. Constellation is driving development of the BET inhibitor CPI-0610 for the treatment of myelofibrosis as well as the EZH2 inhibitors CPI-1205 and CPI-0209 for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and other cancers. The Company is also applying its broad research and development capabilities to explore other novel targets that directly and indirectly impact gene expression to fuel a sustainable pipeline of innovative small-molecule product candidates.