Panmira appoints chief executive

Hari Kumar will oversee inflammation portfolio

Panmira Pharmaceuticals, a developer of therapies for inflammatory diseases, based in San Diego, California, US, has appointed Hari Kumar as chief executive.

Until recently, Kumar was chief business officer of Amira Pharmaceuticals and led the transaction with Bristol-Myers Squibb for the sale of Amira's fibrosis programme.

Panmira was spun out of Amira Pharmaceuticals prior to Amira's acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Kumar and his team will oversee Panmira's inflammation portfolio, which features a CRTH2 programme. The leading candidate, AM211, has demonstrated inhibition of eosinophils over 24 hours following oral, once-daily dosing in Phase I studies.

The firm says CRTH2 antagonists show promise for several diseases including eosinophilic esophagitis, eosinophilic asthma, COPD, and atopic dermatitis.

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