ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Aytu BioScience, Inc. (OTCQB: AYTU), a specialty healthcare company focused on developing treatments for urological and related conditions, announced today the appointment of Jonathan Heath McGrael as Vice President of Sales of Aytu Bioscience, effective September 16, 2015. Mr. McGrael has significant experience building healthcare sales organizations and will be responsible for launching and establishing Aytu’s commercial infrastructure for FDA-approved Prostascint®, as well its other late-stage product candidates.
Josh Disbrow, Chief Executive Officer of Aytu, stated, “We’re looking forward to working again with Jon based on his tremendous success with our prior company, Arbor Pharmaceuticals. We are exceedingly confident in his ability to lead our commercial efforts at Aytu. As we commence with market development initiatives and look to build our initial sales force for Aytu, Jon’s expertise and broad commercial experience will be invaluable.”
Mr. McGrael has spent 17 years in the pharmaceutical industry and has held positions of increasing responsibility in sales, sales training, marketing, sales management, and leadership development. Most recently, he was Director of Sales at Arbor Pharmaceuticals, which he joined in 2010 as the Company’s 14th employee. Under his leadership the sales organization grew from 10 sales representatives to over 400 and achieved significant, consistent revenue growth throughout his leadership tenure. Mr. McGrael also designed comprehensive leadership development and training programs for sales leaders, as well as a marketing structure that ensured “plug-and-play” incorporation of new products. Mr. McGrael began his career at TAP Pharmaceuticals (now Takeda) where he held positions within sales and marketing divisions. He received an MS in Public Health from Missouri State University and a BS in Human Bio-Dynamics also from Missouri State University.
Mr. McGrael stated, “I am thrilled to join the management team at Aytu. It feels good to be back together with the core group that brought success to our previous endeavor, and to have a strong path forward with on-market assets that will make possible the early commercial build we need to bring our pipeline products to patients. I can’t wait to begin growing the value of Aytu BioScience.”
About Aytu BioScience, Inc.
Aytu BioScience, Inc. is a specialty healthcare company focused on developing treatments for urological and related conditions. The Company is currently completing Phase 3 clinical development for its lead therapeutic candidate Zertane, an orally disintegrating tablet (ODT) formulated specifically for the on-demand treatment of premature ejaculation (PE). The Company’s therapeutic pipeline is supported in part by its first-in-class RedoxSYS® System, which provides the only complete assessment of patients’ redox status and enables identification of a broad variety of disorders where redox is implicated. Clinical studies are underway utilizing the RedoxSYS system in male fertility. The Company also recently acquired and is commercializing FDA-approved ProstaScint® (capromab pendetide), a radio-labeled monoclonal antibody, that targets Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA), a protein uniquely expressed by prostate tissue. The Company’s strategy is to develop its core therapeutic and diagnostic assets while building an innovative pipeline of established marketed products and late-stage development assets.
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