Chippenham, UK – 1 April 2014: Vectura Group plc (LSE: VEC; “Vectura” or “the Company”), announces the appointment of Dr Per-Olof Andersson as a Non-Executive Director of the Board with immediate effect.
Per-Olof has an international R&D track record within the pharmaceuticals, bio-pharmaceuticals and speciality pharmaceutical industry and considerable experience in respiratory therapeutic development. In 2011, Per-Olof retired from Almirall where he was Executive Director for R&D and Member of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Almirall in 2006, Per-Olof had a distinguished international career at Pharmacia and Pfizer over a period of nearly 20 years. Since 2011, Per-Olof has been an independent consultant advising biotech and pharmaceutical companies and in particular working with Almirall.
Bruno Angelici, Vectura’s Chairman, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Per-Olof to the Board of Vectura. Per-Olof brings a strong and impressive track record to the Company and he has experience at both large pharmaceutical and medium sized specialty pharmaceutical companies. His significant industry experience will be of great benefit to the Company as we continue our transformation into a specialty pharmaceutical business.” There are no further details to be disclosed in relation to paragraph 9.6.13 of the Financial Conduct Authority Listing Rules.
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About Vectura
Vectura is a product development company that focuses on the development of pharmaceutical therapies for the treatment of airways-related diseases (airways diseases). This growing market includes asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is estimated to be worth in excess of $46 billion worldwide.[1]
Vectura now has eight products marketed by partners with growing global royalty streams and a portfolio of drugs in clinical development, a number of which have been licensed to major pharmaceutical companies. Vectura currently has disclosed development collaborations and license agreements with several global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including Novartis, Sandoz, Baxter, GlaxoSmithKline, UCB, Ablynx, Grifols, Janssen Biotech and Tianjin KingYork Group Company.
Vectura develops products for airways diseases and owns formulation and inhalation technologies that are available to other pharmaceutical companies on an out-licensing basis where this complements Vectura’s business strategy.
For further information, please visit Vectura’s website at www.vectura.com.
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