CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SALISBURY, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KALV), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of oral, small molecule protease inhibitors, today announced that William C. Fairey has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Fairey was most recently the Chief Commercial Officer at MyoKardia, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, and is a business leader with significant experience building markets and launching novel therapeutics to treat specialty and rare/orphan diseases.
“We welcome Bill to our Board of Directors,” said Ben Palleiko, CEO of KalVista. “His experience in commercial and medical strategy, operations and product launches within the rare disease space will be invaluable to us as we continue our evolution into a commercial organization and focus on the FDA submission, potential approval and commercial launch of sebetralstat.”
“I’m excited to join KalVista’s board on the cusp of such a significant milestone as the planned FDA filing, and I look forward to helping advance the commercialization of sebetralstat,” said Mr. Fairey. “I believe KalVista has the opportunity to change the treatment paradigm in the hereditary angioedema space by delivering an efficacious and well-tolerated, oral on-demand treatment to the people living with this debilitating disease.”
Mr. Fairey has more than 30 years of experience in commercial and medical operations in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry, including shaping markets, developing products, determining global commercial/medical strategies, and leading cross-functional teams in delivering successful new product launches. Prior to MyoKardia, he served as Chief Operating Officer at ChemoCentryx, Inc. and held several positions of increasing responsibility at Actelion Pharmaceuticals, including serving as President for its US division, Vice President of the Asia Pacific Region, and President of Actelion Canada. He has also held several senior business, sales and market access roles at the Parke-Davis division of Warner-Lambert and has previously served on several life science company boards. Mr. Fairey received his M.B.A. from St. Mary’s College of California and his B.S. from the University of Oregon.
About KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of oral, small molecule protease inhibitors for diseases with significant unmet need. KalVista disclosed positive phase 3 data for the KONFIDENT trial for its oral, on-demand therapy sebetralstat in February 2024. The Company anticipates submitting a new drug application to the U.S. FDA for sebetralstat in the first half of 2024 and expects to file for approval in Europe and Japan later in 2024. In addition, KalVista’s oral Factor XIIa inhibitor program represents a new generation of therapies that may further improve the treatment for people living with HAE and other diseases.
For more information about KalVista, please visit www.kalvista.com.
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