CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS, TSX: AEZ) (the “Company”) today announced the appointment of Michael Cardiff and Ken Newport to its Board of Directors, effective immediately, for a term to expire at the Company’s upcoming 2016 annual meeting of shareholders, whereupon it is anticipated that each of Messrs. Cardiff and Newport will stand for election as director candidates to be nominated by management.