Ananda Pharma Plc (AQSE:ANA) finance director Jeremy Sturgess-Smith talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the appointment of Chris Tovey as a strategic advisor. Tovey brings significant experience from his time as chief operating officer at GW Pharmaceuticals and later Jazz Pharmaceuticals. According to Sturgess-Smith: “He’s going to bring all that experience to Ananda,” helping guide the company through its regulatory path and corporate development.
Sturgess-Smith also touched on Ananda securing ethics approval to begin its first human trial of MRX1, a key milestone for the company’s therapeutic pipeline. He noted this was the first ethics approval of its kind for any Ananda trial, with recruitment expected to begin shortly in Australia. “It’s very, very exciting to have that ethics approval in the bag,” he said.
Looking ahead, the company also expects ethics approvals for studies into chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy and endometriosis in the next six months.