Antares Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRS) (“the Company”), a pharmaceutical technology company, today announced the appointment of Tram Bui as Vice President of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations.
EWING, N.J., Aug. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Antares Pharma, Inc., (NASDAQ: ATRS) (“the Company”), a pharmaceutical technology company, today announced the appointment of Tram Bui as Vice President of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations. Ms. Bui will succeed Jack Howarth, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, upon his retirement on August 31, 2020. Tram will report to Fred Powell, Antares Pharma’s Chief Financial Officer.
“I am excited to welcome Tram to Antares to lead our corporate communications and investor relations strategy. We look forward to leveraging her extensive industry experience and strong relationships with the investment community as the Company continues on its growth trajectory,” said Fred M. Powell, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. “I would also like to thank Jack for his dedication and many contributions to the company since 2012. He has been instrumental to the development of the Company’s communications strategy and we wish him the best of luck in his retirement.”
Ms. Bui joins Antares Pharma with over 15 years of equity research, communications and investor relations experience. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations at The Ruth Group, a boutique investor relations and communications firm specializing in life science and medical technology industries. Prior to The Ruth Group, Ms. Bui served as a Director at KCSA Strategic Communications, a public and investor relations agency, focused on developing successful investor communications platforms and capital raises for a broad base of public healthcare companies. Previously, she was a buy-side healthcare analyst for a small cap fund at Lazard Asset Management and served as an institutional equity sales associate at CJS Securities. Ms. Bui received her Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of New Orleans.
About Antares Pharma
Antares Pharma, Inc. is a pharmaceutical technology company focused primarily on the development and commercialization of self-administered injectable pharmaceutical products using advanced drug delivery auto injector technology. The Company has a portfolio of proprietary and partnered commercial products with several product candidates in various stages of development, as well as significant strategic alliances with industry leading pharmaceutical companies including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (Teva), AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMAG), Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Idorsia). Antares Pharma’s FDA approved products include XYOSTED® (testosterone enanthate) injection, OTREXUP® (methotrexate) injection for subcutaneous use and Sumatriptan Injection USP, which is distributed by Teva.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from those described. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: Teva’s successful commercialization of teriparatide injection in Europe and future revenue from the same; the uncertainty regarding the duration, scope and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the mitigation measures and other restrictions implemented in response to the same and the impact on reinstated 2020 full-year revenue guidance, demand for our products, new patients and prescriptions, future revenue, product supply, and our overall business, operating results and financial condition; market acceptance, adequate reimbursement coverage and commercial success of XYOSTED® and future revenue from the same; successful development including the timing and results of the clinical bridging and Phase 3 clinical trial of the drug device combination product for Selatogrel with Idorsia Pharmaceuticals and FDA and global regulatory approvals and future revenue from the same; market acceptance of Teva’s generic epinephrine auto-injector product and future revenue from the same; the ability of Lunatus to obtain regulatory approvals for XYOSTED in Saudi Arabia and UAE and successfully commercialize the product and future revenue from the same; our expectations regarding whether the FDA will pursue withdrawal of approval for AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Makena® subcutaneous auto injector following the recent FDA advisory committee meeting and future prescriptions, market acceptance and revenue from Makena® subcutaneous auto injector; Teva’s ability to successfully commercialize VIBEX® Sumatriptan Injection USP and the amount of revenue from the same; continued growth of prescriptions and sales of OTREXUP®; the timing and results of the Company’s or its partners’ research projects or clinical trials of product candidates in development; actions by the FDA or other regulatory agencies with respect to the Company’s products or product candidates of its partners; continued growth in product, development, licensing and royalty revenue; the Company’s ability to meet loan extension and interest only payment milestones and the ability to repay the debt obligation to Hercules Capital; the Company’s ability to obtain financial and other resources for its research, development, clinical, and commercial activities and other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, and involve predictions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance, achievements or prospects to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or prospects expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as ''may’’, ''will’’, ''should’’, ''would’’, ''expect’’, ''intend’’, ''plan’’, ''anticipate’’, ''believe’’, ''estimate’’, ''predict’’, ''potential’’, ''seem’’, ''seek’’, ''future’’, ''continue’’, or ''appear’’ or the negative of these terms or similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Additional information concerning these and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements is contained in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, and in the Company’s other periodic reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cautions investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. All forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company on the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release, except as required by law.
Contact:
Tram Bui
Vice President, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations
609-359-3020
tbui@antarespharma.com
