Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy Director Dealing (8535K)

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RNS Number : 8535K

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

26 September 2016

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

("Faron" or the "Company")

Director Dealing

TURKU - FINLAND, 26 September 2016 - Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy ("Faron" or "Company") (LON: FARN), the clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announces that Leopoldo Zambeletti, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, purchased 4,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at 250 pence each on 23 September 2016.

Following this transaction, Leopoldo Zambeletti now holds 17,461 Ordinary Shares representing 0.07% of the issued share capital of the Company.

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For more information please contact:

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

Katja Wallenlind

Phone [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Hume Brophy, PR

Mary Clark, Eva Haas, Hollie Vile

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, Nominated Adviser

Emma Earl, Tony Rawlinson, Rebecca Anderson

Phone: [phone]

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited, Joint Broker

Freddy Crossley, Duncan Monteith (Corporate Finance)

Tom Salvesen (Corporate Broking)

Phone: [phone]

Whitman Howard Limited, Nominated Broker

Ranald McGregor-Smith, Francis North

Phone: [phone]

About Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

Faron is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for medical conditions with significant unmet needs. The Company currently has a pipeline focusing on acute organ traumas, cancer immunotherapy and vascular damage. The pipeline is built on Faron's scientific knowledge and control of the endothelial barrier, the membrane of cells lining blood and lymphatic vessels to separate blood content from tissues. The Company's lead candidate Traumakine(R) is in development for the treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ("ARDS"), a rare, severe, life-threatening medical condition characterised by widespread inflammation in the lungs. Traumakine is currently in a pan-European pivotal Phase III study (INTEREST). Additionally, Faron is developing Clevegen(R) a ground breaking pre-clinical anti-Clever-1 antibody. Clevegen has the ability to convert the immune environment around a tumour from being immune suppressive to immune stimulating. This novel macrophage-directed immuno-oncology approach is called Tumour Immunity Enabling Technology ("TIET") and can be used alone or in combination with other immune checkpoint molecules for the treatment of cancer patients. New application opportunities related to TIET cover chronic infections and inefficient vaccination. Based in Turku, Finland, Faron Pharmaceuticals is listed on AIM under the ticker 'FARN'. Further information is available at www.faronpharmaceuticals.com

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