19th Dec 2014 07:00
Vectura Group plc
Director declaration
Chippenham, UK - 19 December 2014: In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.14 (2) Vectura Group plc (LSE:VEC) announces that Dr. Susan Foden, Non-Executive Director of Vectura, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of BTG plc (LSE: BTG) with effect from 1 March 2015.
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Enquiries
Vectura Group plc | +44 (0)1249 667700 |
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 licence agreements with several global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including Novartis, Sandoz, Baxter, GlaxoSmithKline, UCB, Ablynx, Grifols 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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