TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 15, 2015) - Revive Therapeutics Ltd. ("Revive" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RVV), a clinical-stage company focused on commercializing treatments for gout and orphan drug indications, today announced that Dr. Bruce Cronstein, M.D. will join the Company as a medical advisor.
Dr. Cronstein received his MD from the University of Cincinnati. After training in Internal Medicine at the University of Cincinnati and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, he completed a fellowship in Rheumatology at NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Cronstein is the senior editor of Inflammation and Current Rheumatology Reports, and has chaired the Arthritis, Connective Tissue and Skin Diseases Study Section of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A practicing rheumatologist for more than 30 years, Dr. Cronstein is the recipient of a 'Research Hero' award from the Arthritis Foundation and a Clinical Investigator Award from the NIH. In addition to being the author of over 220 peer-reviewed journal papers and multiple patents and patents pending, and an investigator of a number of clinical studies in gout, Dr. Cronstein is the 2013 recipient of the Lee C. Howley Sr. Prize for Research in Arthritis from the Arthritis Foundation.
"We are very excited to have such a noted physician and researcher in inflammation as Dr. Cronstein on our team," said Fabio Chianelli, Chief Executive Officer of Revive. "We believe Dr. Cronstein's vast experience in inflammation, and leadership as an investigator of clinical studies in the treatment of gout, will be instrumental in helping Revive advance further towards its goal of commercializing Bucillamine."
"I am very excited to assist in Revive's clinical development program for gout, which is currently in a Phase IIa study in the United States," said Dr. Cronstein, Medical Advisor for Revive. "Treatment of acute gout flares can be very challenging due to patient specifics, and the development of new safe and effective therapies will benefit the many patients who suffer from the pain and disability of these flares without recourse to any effective treatment."
About Revive Therapeutics Ltd.
Revive Therapeutics Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:RVV) is a clinical-stage company focused on commercializing treatments for gout and orphan drug indications such as Cystinuria, Wilson disease and Rett syndrome. Additional information on Revive is available at www.revivethera.com.
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