Black Diamond Therapeutics Announces Changes to Board of Directors

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDTX), a clinical-stage oncology company developing MasterKey therapies that target families of oncogenic mutations in patients with cancers, today announced that industry veterans Shannon Campbell and Prakash Raman, Ph.D., have been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company also announced that Wendy Dixon, Ph.D., and Alex Mayweg, Ph.D., have stepped down as members of its Board of Directors. These changes became effective as of April 10, 2024.

“On behalf of the board, I am excited to welcome Shannon and Prakash, both seasoned executives who bring deep and highly relevant oncology expertise to our board as we advance BDTX-1535, a potential first and best-in-class fourth-generation EGFR inhibitor,” said Mark Velleca, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Black Diamond Therapeutics. “I would also like to thank Alex for his many years of support for Black Diamond and Wendy for her important contributions as a board member.”

"I am thrilled to join the board of Black Diamond at this pivotal time as the Company advances BDTX-1535 through Phase 2 development, and am excited by its potential to address the substantial and growing unmet need for patients with NSCLC in both front-line and later lines of therapy,” said Ms. Campbell.

Shannon Campbell currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Merus, a clinical-stage oncology company developing multispecific antibody therapeutics, where she is responsible for Merus’s global commercialization strategy and activity. With over 30 years of biopharmaceutical experience, Ms. Campbell possesses deep expertise in commercializing transformative medicines globally. Before joining Merus, Ms. Campbell led the U.S. Solid Tumor Franchise at Novartis, and previously led the US Oncology Business Unit at Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in her career she held positions of increasing responsibility at Abbott Labs and Pharmacia heritage companies. Ms. Campbell holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Ithaca College and has completed leadership, strategy, and finance programs at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, IMD, Harvard Business School, and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.