Company: BLRX
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001178913-25-001123
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Company: BioLineRx Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
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, Dr. Panem served on numerous boards of public and private companies, including Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACOR). Martek Biosciences (Nasdaq:MATK), IBAH Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:IBAH), Confluent Surgical, Molecular Informatics and Labcyte, Inc. Dr. Panem received a B.S. degree in biochemistry and a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Chicago.
Shaoyu Yan, Ph.D., has served on our board of directors since November 2023. Dr. Yan has over 30 years’ experience in drug research and development, manufacturing, and management, including more than 15 years working with pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations and marketing authorization holders under regulation of National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA). Since March 2020, Dr. Yan has served as an executive vice president and head of R&D and manufacturing at Gloria Biosciences Co. Ltd. From February 2014 to December 2019, Dr. Yan served as the senior director and senior research fellow of the oncology and immunology business unit at WuXi AppTec (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (SHA: 603259). Prior to these roles, Dr. Yan held positions, including at various academic institutions, including: senior research scientist at the department of thoracic and cardio surgery and pharmaceutical development center of the University of Texas’s MD Anderson Cancer Center from June 2006 to December 2013; visiting scholar and research scientist of the faculty of pharmaceutical sciences at Kyushu University from August 2001 to August 2002; deputy director in the institute of medical raw materials at Tianjin Pharmaceutical Group Corp. and director and co-founder at the Shenyang Huiming Institute of Chinese Traditional Medicine from May 1995 to August 1998. Dr. Yan received a Ph.D in pharmaceutical science and M.Sc. degree in pharmaceutics from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, and a B.Sc. degree from Jilin University in polymer chemistry. Dr. Yan completed his postdoctoral training in the field of pharmacology and biochemistry from Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine from February 2003 to June 2006. Dr. Yan was appointed to serve as a Class III director by our board of directors pursuant to the securities purchase agreement that we entered into with HST and Gloria in August 2023. See “Item