WORCESTER, Mass. and TORONTO, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Generex Biotechnology Corporation (OTCBB: GNBT) (www.generex.com) today announced that Jos van der Woert has been appointed to act as Chief Executive Officer of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Antigen Express, Inc., following its spinout.
From 2003 to 2010, Mr. van der Woert was an executive with Schering-Plough Corporation, concluding his tenure there as General Manager and Group Vice-President, Global Oncology and Virology. From 2001 to 2003, he was Vice-President, Global Brand Management, Oncology of Pharmacia Corporation (acquired by Pfizer Inc. in 2003). Mr. van der Woert spent 17 years as an executive with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. In 2010, Mr. van der Woert founded Oncologics LLC, a consulting firm providing strategic leadership and therapeutic experience to firms in the oncology field. During his tenure in the oncology field, Mr. van der Woert has been involved in, and led many successful global launches of oncology products and achieved successful partnerships and collaborations in the biopharmaceutical industry.
“We are pleased to have secured the services of an executive of Mr. van der Woert‘s experience and expertise,” commented Mark Fletcher, Generex President & Chief Executive Officer. “Upon the rebirth of Antigen Express as a stand-alone public company, Mr. van der Woert, together with Dr. Eric von Hofe as President, will provide the strong and capable leadership necessary to shepherd the company and its proprietary immunotherapeutic vaccine technologies into the future.”
Mr. van der Woert stated: “I am excited to lead the Antigen Express spinoff with its proprietary AE37 cancer vaccine platform technology which holds such tremendous promise as an immunotherapy that may become an integral part of the future treatment paradigm.”
On March 30, 2011, Generex announced its intention to spinout Antigen Express, Inc. as a stand-alone public company and to provide Antigen Express stock dividends to the Generex stockholders following a reverse split of the Generex stock. That reverse stock split was approved by the Generex stockholders on June 8, 2011. Generex will provide further details of the Antigen Express spinout in the coming weeks.
About Generex Biotechnology Corporation
Generex is engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of drug delivery systems and technologies. Generex has developed a proprietary platform technology for the delivery of drugs into the human body through the oral cavity (with no deposit in the lungs). The Company’s proprietary liquid formulations allow drugs typically administered by injection to be absorbed into the body by the lining of the inner mouth using the Company’s proprietary RapidMist device. The Company’s buccal insulin spray product, Generex Oral-lyn is in Phase III clinical trials at several sites around the world. Antigen Express, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Generex. The core platform technologies of Antigen Express comprise immunotherapeutic vaccines for the treatment of malignant, infectious, allergic, and autoimmune diseases. Antigen Express has pioneered the use of specific CD4+ T helper stimulation in immunotherapy. One of its platform technologies relies on inhibition of expression of the Ii protein. Antigen Express scientists, and others, have shown clearly that suppression of expression of the Ii protein in cancer cells allows for potent stimulation of T helper cells and prevents the further growth of cancer cells. For more information, visit the Generex website at www.generex.com or the Antigen Express website at www.antigenexpress.com.
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