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Pharmaceuticals Appoints Former Director of FDA Office of New
Drugs John K. Jenkins, MD to Board of Directors
Distinguished 25-year career serving at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, including
15 years of senior leadership in CDER
Appointment brings regulatory experience to the board of directors as company enters
late-stage clinical development -
MA (June 6, 2018) - Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRBP) ("Corbus" or the "Company"),
a Phase 3 clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat
rare, chronic and serious inflammatory and fibrotic diseases, announced today the appointment of John K. Jenkins, MD to its Board
Director of the Office of New Drugs (OND) at U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
(CDER) from 2002 to 2017, Dr. Jenkins was responsible for more than 1,000 agency employees and 19 product review divisions. During
that time, he oversaw the review of thousands of new drug applications and biological licensing applications as well as the approval
of more than 400 new molecular entities. Dr. Jenkins also served as a member of the CDER Senior Leadership Team and was involved
in broad policy initiatives, including negotiation and implementation of the Prescription Drug User Fee and biosimilar programs.
Jenkins began his FDA career in 1992, where he was a medical officer in the Division of Oncology and Pulmonary Drug Products.
He subsequently served as Pulmonary Medical Group Leader and Acting Division Director before being appointed as Director of the
Division of Pulmonary Drug Products in 1995. He became the Director of the Office of Drug Evaluation II in 1999 and remained in
that position until he was appointed Director of OND in 2002. Following his retirement from FDA after over 25 years of Federal
service in January 2017, Dr. Jenkins joined Greenleaf Health, an FDA-focused, strategic consulting firm where he serves as Principal,
Drug and Biological Products.
Holmer, Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors, said, "We are delighted to welcome Dr. Jenkins to the Corbus
Board of Directors. We look forward to benefiting from his experience, insights and leadership as we continue to advance the development
of lenabasum closer to potential regulatory approval and the market."
Jenkins said "I am honored and excited to join the Board of Directors of Corbus. I look forward to working with the Board
and the company's senior leadership team to advance the development of new innovative therapies for patients suffering from
serious, chronic inflammatory and fibrotic diseases."
Jenkins brings with him decades of unique regulatory experience that we believe will prove invaluable to Corbus as we begin to
prepare for the potential approval of lenabasum," added Yuval Cohen, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Corbus. "Dr.
Jenkins is well positioned to guide us as we develop lenabasum for the treatment of rare inflammatory diseases that currently
have limited or no proven treatment options and that have a combined population of over 700,000 in the 7 Major Markets. We are
very pleased to have Dr. Jenkins join our Board of Directors."
Jenkins is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary diseases by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He received
his medical degree from the University of Tennessee, Memphis and completed his post-graduate medical training in internal medicine,
pulmonary diseases, and critical care medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. Prior
to joining FDA, Dr. Jenkins served as an Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at VCU/MCV, and as a Staff
Physician at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia.
Company engaged Ignite Partners to assist with the search.
Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. is a Phase 3 clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization
of novel therapeutics to treat rare, chronic, and serious inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. The Company's lead product candidate,
lenabasum, is a novel, synthetic oral endocannabinoid-mimetic drug designed to resolve chronic inflammation and fibrotic processes.
Lenabasum is currently being evaluated in systemic sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, dermatomyositis, and systemic lupus erythematosus.
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