26th Apr 2013 11:29
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS
VERNALIS PLC (the "Company")
26 April 2013
Vernalis plc (LSE: VER) announces it has been informed that, on 26 April 2013, the following director bought shares in the Company:
·; Nigel Sheail, Non-Executive Director, purchased 107,000 Ordinary 1 pence shares at a price of 23.0 pence per share. Mr Sheail is now the beneficial holder of 107,000 Ordinary 1 pence shares, representing 0.024 % of the Company's current issued share capital.
Enquiries:
Vernalis | +44 (0) 118 938 0015 |
Ian Garland, Chief Executive Officer David Mackney, Chief Financial Officer
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Nomura Code Securities Limited | +44 (0) 20 7776 1200 |
Juliet Thompson Jonathan Senior
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Brunswick Group | +44 (0) 20 7404 5959 |
Jon Coles
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Notes to Editors
About Vernalis
Vernalis is a revenue generating development stage pharmaceutical company with significant expertise in drug development. The Group has one marketed product, frovatriptan for the acute treatment of migraine, an exclusive licensing agreement to develop and commercialise multiple novel products focussed on the US prescription cough cold market as well as seven programmes in its NCE development pipeline. Vernalis also has significant expertise in fragment and structure based drug discovery which it leverages to enter into collaborations with larger pharmaceutical companies. The Company's technologies, capabilities and products have been endorsed over the last five years by collaborations with leading pharmaceutical companies, including Biogen Idec, Endo, GSK, Genentech, Lundbeck, Menarini, Novartis, Servier and Tris.
For further information about Vernalis, please visit www.vernalis.com
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