KBL Merger Corp. IV (NASDAQ: KBLM), a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) that previously entered a definitive agreement to acquire 180 Life Sciences, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, recently announced the appointment of Professor Richard Barker, Larry Gold Md., Shoshana Shendelman PhD., and Donald McGovern Jr. to its board of directors, upon completion of the business combination. 180 Life Sciences is led by Dr. James Woody, who previously served as the founding CEO of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals and president and general manager of Roche Bioscience. “I’m pleased to welcome Richard, Larry, Shoshana and Donald to our board of directors,” Dr. Woody said in the press release. “I have known Larry for many years, and I admire his brilliant work in building Somalogic into the premier worldwide protein identification company. Don and I worked on a biotech board together and his vast PWC international experience will be of immense value to 180 Life Sciences. Richard joins, recommended by Sir Marc Feldman, with his broad and skillful experience in science, management and drug development, having served on the Celgene Board. Shoshana joins as the CEO of Applied Therapeutics, an enterprising biotechnology company she founded and has developed into a dynamic organization. Her recent successful experience in the financing arenas will be exceptionally valuable to our team.”
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About 180 Life Sciences Corp.
180 Life Sciences is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel drugs that fulfill unmet needs in inflammatory diseases, fibrosis and pain by leveraging the combined expertise of luminaries in therapeutics from Oxford University, the Hebrew University and Stanford University. 180 Life Sciences is leading the research into solving one of the world’s biggest drivers of disease – inflammation. The company is driving groundbreaking study into clinical programs, which are seeking to develop novel drugs addressing separate areas of inflammation for which there are no effective therapies. The company’s primary platform is a novel program to treat fibrosis and inflammation using anti-TNF, with its lead program in phase 2b/3 clinical trials. For more information about the company, visit www.180LifeSciences.com.
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