Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Announces Retirement of Daniel L. Flynn, Ph.D., and Appointment of Dashyant Dhanak, Ph.D., As Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Announces Retirement of Daniel L. Flynn, Ph.D., and Appointment of Dashyant Dhanak, Ph.D., As Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer
08/03/23, 8:23 PM
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Industry
therapeutics
biotechnology
health care
Position
chief scientific officer
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing important new medicines to improve the lives of people with cancer, today announced that the Company’s Founder, Executive Vice President, and Chief Scientific Officer, Daniel L. Flynn, Ph.D., will retire effective September 5, 2023 and will transition to a role as Senior Advisor to the Company
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Location
waltham, massachusetts, united states
Additional Info
Deciphera is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing important new medicines to improve the lives of people with cancer. We are leveraging our proprietary switch-control kinase inhibitor platform and deep expertise in kinase biology to develop a broad portfolio of innovative medicines. In addition to advancing multiple product candidates from our platform in clinical studies, QINLOCK® is Deciphera’s switch-control inhibitor for the treatment of fourth-line GIST. QINLOCK is approved in Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, Hong Kong, Israel, Macau, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.