Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints Brian S. Posner to Its Board of Directors
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDS) announced today the appointment of Brian S. Posner to its Board of Directors. Mr. Posner is currently a private investor and the President and Founder of Point Rider Group LLC. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and co-Chief Investment Officer of ClearBridge Advisors LLC, and has over 20 years of professional asset management experience during which he was widely recognized for his value approach to investing.
"We are delighted to have Brian join our Board," said Stelios Papadopoulos, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board of Directors of Anadys. "His sound business judgment, professional investor's perspective and vast Wall Street experience will further enhance our Board's collective expertise."
Mr. Posner has been a private investor since March 2008 and is the President of Point Rider Group LLC. From 2005 to March 2008, he served as the Chief Executive Officer and co-Chief Investment Officer of ClearBridge Advisors LLC, an asset management company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legg Mason. During Mr. Posner's tenure, ClearBridge had approximately $90 billion in assets under management. Mr. Posner co-founded Hygrove Partners LLC, a private investment fund, in 2000 and served as its Managing Partner for five years. He served as a portfolio manager and an analyst at Fidelity Investments from 1987 to 1996 and, from 1997 to 1999, at Warburg Pincus Asset Management/Credit Suisse Asset Management where he also served as co-Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research. Mr. Posner is a member of the board of directors of Biogen Idec Inc. and Arch Capital Group Ltd. Mr. Posner holds an undergraduate degree in history from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
About Anadys
Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patient care by developing novel medicines for the treatment of hepatitis C. The Company believes hepatitis C represents a large unmet medical need in which meaningful improvements in treatment outcomes may be attainable with the introduction of new medicines. Anadys is conducting a Phase IIb study of setrobuvir (ANA598), the Company's DAA, added to current standard of care for the treatment of hepatitis C. The Company is also developing ANA773, the Company's oral, small-molecule inducer of endogenous interferons that acts via the Toll like receptor 7, or TLR7, pathway in hepatitis C and plans to initiate a Phase IIa study shortly.
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Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause Anadys' actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For example, the results of preclinical and early clinical studies may not be predictive of future results, and Anadys cannot provide any assurances that setrobuvir (ANA598) or ANA773 will not have unforeseen safety issues, will have favorable results in ongoing or future clinical trials or will receive regulatory approval. In addition, Anadys' results may be affected by competition from other biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, its effectiveness at managing its financial resources, its ability to enter into transactions around its product candidates, its ability to successfully develop and market products, difficulties or delays in its non-clinical studies or clinical trials, difficulties or delays in manufacturing its clinical trials materials, the scope and validity of patent protection for its products, regulatory developments and its ability to obtain additional funding to support its operations. Risk factors that may cause actual results to differ are more fully discussed in Anadys' SEC filings, including Anadys' Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Anadys is providing this information as of this date and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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