Caladrius Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLBS), a cell therapy company combining an industry-leading development and manufacturing services provider (PCT) with a unique, promising therapeutic development pipeline, announces today the appointment of Gregory R. Brown, MD, to its Board of Directors. Dr. Brown will serve as Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Company.
Dr. Brown is a co-founder and Vice Chairman of HealthCare Royalty Partners (HCR Partners), a healthcare-focused private asset management firm investing in biopharmaceutical and medical products, and developing and deploying innovative, risk-mitigated investment strategies to deliver non-correlated cash flow. Dr. Brown was educated as a transplantation immunologist and trained as a thoracic and vascular surgeon. He practiced thoracic and vascular surgery in a community setting where he also founded and led an HMO. He brings particular expertise in the scientific, technical, clinical and medical evaluation of products as well as in healthcare systems and payor/reimbursement dynamics. He has been involved in sourcing, performing due diligence on and closing more than $1 billion of royalty financings.
Before co-founding HCR Partners, Dr. Brown was a partner at Paul Capital Partners, where he co-managed that firm’s royalty investments as a member of the royalty management committee. Prior to beginning his principal investment career in 2003, Dr. Brown was co-head of investment banking and head of healthcare at Adams, Harkness & Hill (now Canaccord Genuity) and a ranked biotechnology research analyst at Vector Securities International. Dr. Brown holds a BA from Yale, an MD from SUNY Upstate Medical Center and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He currently serves on the boards of MonoSol Rx and Vanderbilt Clinical S.a.r.l.
“We are delighted to welcome Dr. Brown to the Caladrius Board and are confident that his investment and biopharmaceutical industry experience will be of great value. His background and expertise are timely additions that we expect will augment the breadth and depth of our strategy at this formative time in our Company’s evolution,” said David J. Mazzo, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Caladrius.
“My experience in this industry has provided me with the ability to recognize the potential of promising companies and technologies, both from an investment and a medical perspective. I am pleased to join the Caladrius Board and look forward to being a part of the Company’s future,” said Dr. Brown.
