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Appointment of Non-Executive Director

1st Apr 2015 07:00

RNS Number : 0329J
Vectura Group plc
01 April 2015
 



Vectura Group plc

 

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

 

 

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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Enquiries

 

Vectura Group plc

+44 (0)1249 667700

Andrew Oakley, Chief Financial Officer

Karl Keegan, Chief Corporate Development Officer

FTI Consulting

+44 (0)20 3727 1000

Ben Atwell / John Dineen / Ulla Lundhus

 

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.

 

 

References

1 Pharmaview Commercial Landscape Series Respiratory Decision Resources 2013

 

 

Forward-looking statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the discovery, development and commercialisation of products. Various risks may cause Vectura's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including: adverse results in clinical development programmes; failure to obtain patent protection for inventions; commercial limitations imposed by patents owned or controlled by third parties; dependence upon strategic alliance partners to develop and commercialise products and services; difficulties or delays in obtaining regulatory approvals to market products and services resulting from development efforts; the requirement for substantial funding to conduct research and development and to expand commercialisation activities; and product initiatives by competitors. As a result of these factors, prospective investors are cautioned not to rely on any forward-looking statements. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

 

 

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