Developing new medicines that harness the building blocks of life to work in harmony with the body’s immune system

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Our Breakthroughs

Imunon is developing new medicines that harness the building blocks of life to work in harmony with the body’s immune system. Imunon creates proprietary immunology and DNA-based platforms and products aimed at some of the world’s most difficult-to-treat conditions.

Our Platforms
Our Pipeline
Our Capabilities

Leadership

Our senior executives have 50+ combined years of experience in research, innovation, and capital management at some of the world’s most recognized companies.

Stacy Lindborg

Stacy R. Lindborg, President & CEO

Khursheed Anwer, EVP & CSO

Jeffrey Church

Jeffrey W. Church, EVP & CFO

Sebastien Hazard, M.D., EVP & CMO

Meet the Team
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people lose their lives to vaccine-preventable diseases every year - our clinical development of anti-cancer nucleic acid-based therapies and nucleic acid vaccines for infectious diseases and cancer is about being bold and solving the world's biggest problems. Because every person deserves the opportunity to live a full life.

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key partners, including the world’s most respected research institutions

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products in the pipeline that have an opportunity to bring new therapeutic benefits to patients.

Our Mission & Values

What's New

3rd Edition of International Vaccines Congress

October 23–25, 2023  | Boston, MA

Dr. Khursheed Anwer will deliver an oral presentation on A DNA-Based Vaccine Technology Independent Of A Virus Or Device

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Stacy R. Lindborg, Ph.D.

President, Chief Executive Officer & Board Director

Stacy R. Lindborg, PhD, was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Imunon in May 2024.  Dr. Lindborg has served on Imunon’s Board of Directors since June 2021. Dr. Lindborg has nearly 30 years of pharmaceutical and biotech industry experience with a particular focus on R&D, regulatory affairs, executive management and strategy development. She has designed, hired and led global teams, guiding long-term vision for growth through analytics and stimulating innovative development platforms to increase productivity. Prior to joining Imunon, Dr. Lindborg was Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Executive Officer at BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics where she will remain a member of the company’s Board of Directors. At BrainStorm she was accountable for creating and executing clinical development strategies through registration and launch and progressed its novel cell therapy for ALS through a positive Phase 3 Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) study with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She interacted frequently with investors and analysts, represented the company in the scientific community as well as with the media, and played an active role in discussions with potential business partners.

Dr. Lindborg previously was Vice President & Global Analytics and Data Sciences Head, responsible for R&D and marketed products at Biogen. She began her biopharmaceutical career at Eli Lilly and Company where over the course of 16 years she assumed positions of increasing responsibility, including Head of R&D strategy.

Dr. Lindborg received an M.A. and Ph.D. in statistics, and a B.A. in psychology and math from Baylor University. She has authored more than 200 presentations and 90 manuscripts that have been published in peer-reviewed journals, including 20 first-authored. She has held numerous positions within the International Biometric Society and American Statistical Association and was elected Fellow in 2008.

Khursheed Anwer, PhD, MBA

Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer

Khursheed Anwer, PhD, MBA, assumed the title of Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer, upon Imunon’s June 2014 acquisition of EGEN, Inc., where he was President and Chief Science Officer, a position he held since 2009. He joined EGEN, Inc. in July, 2002, as Vice President of Research and Development, and directed the company’s clinical and research and development functions throughout his tenure at EGEN, Inc. Dr. Anwer has a PhD in Physiology/Pharmacology from Ohio University and received postdoctoral training from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Before joining EGEN, Inc., Dr. Anwer was Director of Pre-Clinical Development at Valentis, Inc. From 1993 to 1999, he served in several positions at GeneMedicine, Inc., where he led several research projects in the area of nonviral gene therapy. He has authored more than 40 publications in the area of nonviral gene therapy, resulting from his active career in research and development. Dr. Anwer has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Biology Department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and a board member of the University of Alabama Business School, STEP.

Jeffrey W. Church

interim Chief Financial Officer

Jeffrey W. Church joined Imunon in July 2010 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Church was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Imunon in July 2013. The appointment marked Mr. Church’s resumption of the role of Chief Financial Officer, a position he held prior to his promotion to Senior Vice President in July 2011, while also granting him responsibility for corporate investor relations. In 2018, Mr. Church was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary and where he served in this capacity until his retirement in June 2024. In January 2026, Mr. Church was appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. He has over 30 years of experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, and SEC reporting. Prior to joining Imunon, Mr. Church held senior financial executive positions with several private and public clinical-stage life science companies, including Alba Therapeutics Corporation, Novavax, Inc., GenVec, Inc., and Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc. Mr. Church started his career in 1979 with the public accounting firm Price Waterhouse. Mr. Church holds a BS degree from the University of Maryland and received his Maryland Certified Public Accountant accreditation in 1979.

Sebastien Hazard, M.D.

Executive vice president & chief Medical officer

Dr. Sebastien Hazard, M.D. was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Imunon in December 2023.  Prior to joining Imunon, Dr. Hazard served as Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical Development at Bicycle Therapeutics plc from April 2021 through September 2023.  Prior to joining Bicycle Therapeutics, Dr. Hazard served as Clinical Development Lead at GSK from June 2019 to April 2021.  He also served as Senior Medical Director of Clinical Development from July 2018 to May 2019, and Senior Medical Director of Global Medical Affairs from August 2016 to July 2018 at TESARO, Inc.  Dr. Hazard held various positions within Genentech including Medical Director in Lung Cancer of US Medical Affairs from November 2012 to July 2016.  Earlier in his career Dr. Hazard served as an advisor to the head of the French Drug Agency and to the French Health Minister’s cabinet.  Dr. Hazard holds a Doctorate in Medicine, Internal Medicine and Public Health from Paris VI Pitie Salpetriere an Executive MBA from INSEAD and Master’s degree in epidemiology and statistics applied to clinical research from Paris VI University.