Anat Kendal was named Chief Financial Officer of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Kendal, whose appointment is effective immediately, reports to Julie Fleshman, president and CEO of PanCAN.
In a phase II clinical trial, a research team led by Nilofer Azad, professor of oncology and co-leader of the Kimmel Cancer Center’s Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics Program, and Marina Baretti, the Jiasheng Chair in Hepato-Biliary Cancer at the Kimmel Cancer Center, tested the safety and efficacy of the combination of two drugs: an immunotherapy, nivolumab, and an epigenetic drug, entinostat—a histone deacetylase inhibitor.
