Claude Nicaise, MD

Claude Nicaise, M.D. has served as a member of our Board since June 2015. He also serves as a member of our compensation committee and as a member of our research and development committee.

Dr. Nicaise is the owner of Clinical Regulatory Services, a company providing advice on clinical and regulatory matters to biotechnology companies. Since January 2017, Dr. Nicaise has served as a member of the board of directors for Minoryx. Since February 2021, Dr. Nicaise has served as a member of the board of directors and on the compensation committee of Gain Therapeutics. Since March 2021, Dr. Nicaise has served as a member of the board of directors and on the audit committee of Chemomab. In September 2024, Dr. Nicaise was appointed as Cassava’s Chairman. He has served as a director of Cassava since December 2023. He served as an Executive Vice President Regulatory at Ovid Therapeutics Inc., a company that develops medicines for orphan diseases of the brain, from 2015 to March 2023. From 2008 to 2014, Dr. Nicaise was a Senior Vice President of Strategic Development and Global Regulatory Affairs at Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a pharmaceutical company. From 1983 to 2008, Dr. Nicaise served in various positions of increasing responsibility at Bristol-Myers Squibb, including the following senior management positions: Vice-President of Global Development, Vice-President Worldwide Regulatory Science and Strategy and leadership positions in Oncology, Infectious Disease and NeuroScience Development.

Dr. Nicaise holds an M.D. from the Universite libre de Bruxelles in Belgium.