Compass Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Resignation of Julie Sunderland Member of the Board of Directors, Effective December 31, 2021
December 21, 2021 at 05:07 pm EST
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On December 20, 2021, Julie Sunderland, a member of the Board of Directors (the Board) of Compass Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company), notified the Company of her resignation from the Board and all committees thereof, effective December 31, 2021. Ms. Sunderlands resignation was not the result of a disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Companys operations, policies or practices. Ms. Sunderland was an early venture investor in the Company and is now moving on to other professional endeavors.
Compass Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage, oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company. The Company is developing proprietary antibody-based therapeutics to treat multiple human diseases. Its pipeline of novel product candidates is designed to target multiple critical biological pathways required for an effective anti-tumor response. Its lead product candidate, CTX-009, is a bispecific antibody targeting Delta-like ligand 4 (DLL4), a ligand of Notch-1, and vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A). Its second program, CTX-471, is an agonistic antibody targeting a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 9 (TNFRSF9), also known as CD-137, a co-stimulatory receptor which is mostly expressed on activated, but not on resting T-cells and NK cells. Its third program, CTX-8371, is a bispecific antibody targeting the programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1), an inhibitory immune checkpoint receptor and its ligand PD-L1, two validated immune-oncology targets.