{"id":63801,"date":"2025-01-21T12:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T12:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.saigonbiz.com.vn\/2025\/01\/21\/applied-therapeutics-appoints-reena-thomas-colacot-as-vice-president-and-head-of-quality\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T12:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T12:01:35","slug":"applied-therapeutics-appoints-reena-thomas-colacot-as-vice-president-and-head-of-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.saigonbiz.com\/vn\/applied-therapeutics-appoints-reena-thomas-colacot-as-vice-president-and-head-of-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Applied Therapeutics Appoints Reena Thomas Colacot as Vice President and Head of Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ms. Colacot brings over 25 years of quality leadership experience across the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Applied Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: APLT), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to creating transformative treatments for rare disease, today announced the appointment of Reena Thomas Colacot as Vice President and Head of Quality. Ms. Colacot joins Applied with over 25 years of quality leadership experience across the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries. In this newly created role, she will report directly to the executive leadership team and Executive Chairman, and will be responsible for overseeing all quality matters, including Good Manufacturing Practices, Good Laboratory Practices, and Good Clinical Practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased to welcome Reena to Applied and are confident that her wealth of experience as a leader across quality functions will support our mission of meeting the unmet needs of patients with rare diseases,\u201d said John H. Johnson, Executive Chairman of Applied Therapeutics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited to join Applied and work alongside this talented management team. They share my commitment to the highest standards of quality and my dedication to improving the lives of patients,\u201d said Ms. Colacot.<\/p>\n

Ms. Colacot brings over 25 years of leadership experience across quality roles, most recently at Bellus Health, Inc., where she built and led the quality and compliance functions. Following the acquisition of Bellus Health by GSK plc in 2023, Ms. Colacot continued to provide quality oversight in support of the successful integration and knowledge transfer of Bellus Health\u2019s primary asset to GSK. Throughout her career, Ms. Colacot has led quality functions across clinical, research and development, commercial, and regulatory teams. Prior to Bellus Health, she served as Executive Director, Quality Assurance at Quotient Sciences and previously held leadership roles in quality assurance at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), Antares Pharma Inc., McNeil Consumer Healthcare, and Laureate Pharma Inc\/Purdue Biopharma. Ms. Colacot holds an M.S. in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs from the Temple University School of Pharmacy and an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.<\/p>\n

About Applied Therapeutics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Applied Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to the development of novel drug candidates against validated molecular targets in rare diseases. The Company\u2019s lead drug candidate, govorestat, is a novel central nervous system penetrant Aldose Reductase Inhibitor (ARI) for the treatment of CNS rare metabolic diseases, including Classic Galactosemia, Sorbitol Dehydrogenase (SORD) Deficiency and PMM2-congenital disorder glycosylation (CDG).<\/p>\n

To learn more, please visit www.appliedtherapeutics.com.<\/p>\n

Forward-Looking Statements<\/strong><\/p>\n

This press release contains \u201cforward-looking statements\u201d that involve substantial risks and uncertainties for purposes of the safe harbor provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this press release regarding the strategy, future operations, prospects, plans and objectives of management, including words such as \u201cmay,\u201d \u201cwill,\u201d \u201cexpect,\u201d \u201canticipate,\u201d \u201cplan,\u201d \u201cintend,\u201d \u201cpredicts\u201d and similar expressions (as well as other words or expressions referencing future events, conditions or circumstances) are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this release involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, and we, therefore cannot assure you that our plans, intentions, expectations or strategies will be attained or achieved.<\/p>\n

Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, (i) our plans to develop, market and commercialize our product candidates, (ii) the initiation, timing, progress and results of our current and future preclinical studies and clinical trials and our research and development programs, (iii) our ability to take advantage of expedited regulatory pathways for any of our product candidates, (iv) our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing, (v) our ability to successfully acquire or license additional product candidates on reasonable terms and advance product candidates into, and successfully complete, clinical studies, (vi) our ability to maintain and establish collaborations or obtain additional funding, (vii) our ability to obtain and timing of regulatory approval of our current and future product candidates, (viii) the anticipated indications for our product candidates, if approved, (ix) our expectations regarding the potential market size and the rate and degree of market acceptance of such product candidates, (x) our ability to fund our working capital requirements and expectations regarding the sufficiency of our capital resources, (xi) the implementation of our business model and strategic plans for our business and product candidates, (xii) our intellectual property position and the duration of our patent rights, (xiii) developments or disputes concerning our intellectual property or other proprietary rights, (xiv) our expectations regarding government and third-party payor coverage and reimbursement, (xv) our ability to compete in the markets we serve, (xvi) the impact of government laws and regulations and liabilities thereunder, (xvii) developments relating to our competitors and our industry, (xviii) our ability to achieve the anticipated benefits from the agreements entered into in connection with our partnership with Advanz Pharma and (xiv) other factors that may impact our financial results. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this press release, we cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur at all. Factors that may cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements in this press release are discussed in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the \u201cRisk Factors\u201d contained therein. Except as otherwise required by law, we disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise.<\/p>\n

Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Investors:<\/strong>
Maeve Conneighton \/ Andrew Vulis
(212) 600-1902 or
appliedtherapeutics@argotpartners.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Media:<\/strong>
media@appliedtherapeutics.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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