New directors join Coeptis' Board following completion of merger with Bull Horn Holdings and advancement to Nasdaq
WEXFORD, Pa., Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: COEP) (the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapy platforms for cancer, today announced the appointment of new directors to the Company's board of directors (the "Board") following the completion of the previously announced business combination between Coeptis Therapeutics, Inc. and the Company and initiation of trading of the Company's common stock and public warrants under the trading symbols COEP and COEPW on the Nasdaq Global Market.
The Board is now a seven-member board, four of whom are "independent" in compliance with the Nasdaq independence standards. The Board is now comprised of David Mehalick and Daniel Yerace (who have been board members with Coeptis Therapeutics, Inc. historically), Chris Calise (who was the Chief Financial Officer of the Company prior to the closing of the business combination), and newly added Board members Christopher Cochran, Philippe Deschamps, Tara DeSilva, PhD., and Gene Z. Salkind, MD.
"The expansion of our Board of Directors is a key advancement for Coeptis following the recent completion of the business combination with Bull Horn Holdings Corp. and Coeptis' emergence as a Nasdaq-traded company," said Dave Mehalick, President and CEO of Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings. "Our new board members bring to us a wealth of business, financial, clinical development and scientific expertise in support of our vision of becoming a leader in the development of next-generation cell therapy technologies, including SNAP-CAR, which offers the potential to address a range of hematologic and solid tumors."
Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries including Coeptis Therapeutics, Inc. and Coeptis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (collectively "Coeptis"), is a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapy platforms for cancer that have the potential to disrupt conventional treatment paradigms and improve patient outcomes. Coeptis' product portfolio and rights are highlighted by a universal, multi-antigen CAR T technology licensed from the University of Pittsburgh (SNAP-CAR), and a cell therapy technology (CD38-GEAR-NK) and an in vitro diagnostic (CD38-Diagnostic) targeting CD38-related cancers, which Coeptis is developing with VyGen-Bio and leading medical researchers at the Karolinska Institutet. Coeptis' business model is designed around maximizing the value of its current product portfolio and rights through in-license agreements, out-license agreements and co-development relationships, as well as entering into strategic partnerships to expand its product rights and offerings, specifically those targeting cancer. The Company is headquartered in Wexford, PA. For more information on Coeptis visit https://coeptistx.com/.
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