Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy Board Change (1996U)

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RNS Number : 1996U

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

24 March 2023

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

("Faron" or the "Company")

Board Change

Company announcement, March 24, 2023 at 15.35 PM (EET) / 13.35 PM (GMT) / 09.35 AM (EDT)

TURKU, FINLAND / BOSTON, MA - Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (AIM: FARN, First North: FARON), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on tackling difficult-to-treat cancers, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Tuomo Pätsi as a Non-Executive Director of the Company following the passing of all resolutions put to shareholders of the Company at the Annual General Meeting held earlier today. In addition, Dr. Gregory B. Brown has today stepped down from his position as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.

"I am pleased to welcome Mr Pätsi to the Faron Board," said Dr. Frank Armstrong, Chairman of the Board of Faron Pharmaceuticals. "He brings extensive experience of the commercialization and launch of new oncology products with leading cancer companies, and his expertise will be valuable as the Company continues the development of bexmarilimab. I'd also like to thank Dr. Brown for his service to the Faron Board."

Mr. Pätsi was the President of the EMEA region and Worldwide Markets for Celgene Corporation, a global pharmaceutical company and currently wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb, engaged primarily in the discovery, development and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of cancer. He is an experienced biotech and pharmaceutical executive who was until recently the Executive Vice President for Seagen Inc., a US-based cancer-focused biotechnology company.

"I am looking forward to joining the Board of Faron at this exciting time," said Mr Pätsi. "Bexmarilimab with its innovative mechanism of action and clinical data so far holds great promise in multiple cancer indications where better treatments are desperately needed."

Mr. Pätsi has over 30 years' experience working in biotech and pharmaceuticals, with more than 10 years working at Celgene in various senior management roles, including as President of European and International Operations and President of the EMEA region and Worldwide Markets. Prior to this, he served as Vice President of Europe for Human Genome Science, a specialty pharma organization in Europe. Earlier in his career, he held roles of increasing responsibility in pharmaceutical companies, including more than ten years at Amgen Inc. M r. Pätsi began his career as a Biomedical Research Scientist in Finland. He is a registered pharmacist and holds an MSc in pharmacology from the School of Pharmacy, Helsinki University.

Additional Disclosures

The following information regarding the appointment of Tuomo Tapani Pätsi (aged 58), is disclosed under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies and Nasdaq First North Growth Market Rulebook.

 
 Current positions, directorships   Former positions, directorships 
  and/or partnerships:               and/or partnerships (within the 
                                     last five years): 
                                    Celgene 
                                    Celgene ApS 
                                    Celgene BV 
                                    Celgene Distribution BV 
                                    Celgene EngMab GmbH 
                                    Celgene Europe BV 
                                    Celgene Europe Limited 
                                    Celgene Global Holdings Sàrl 
                                    Celgene GmbH 
                                    Celgene International II Sàrl 
                                    Celgene International III Sàrl 
                                    Celgene International Sàrl 
                                    Celgene Limited 
                                    Celgene Logisitics Sarl 
                                    Celgene Logistics Sàrl 
                                    Celgene Management Sàrl 
                                    Celgene Netherlands BV 
                                    Celgene Netherlands II BV 
                                    Celgene Netherlands Investment 
                                     BV 
                                    Celgene R&D Sàrl 
                                    Celgene Receptos Limited 
                                    Celgene Receptos Sàrl 
                                    Celgene Research SL 
                                    Celgene SL 
                                    Celgene Spó ka SOO 
                                    Celgene sro 
                                    Celgene Switzerland Sàrl 
                                    Celgene Tri Sàrl 
                                    EngMab Sàrl 
                                    Interpharma 
                                    Juno Therapeutics GmbH 
 

Mr. Pätsi does not have any beneficial interest in the ordinary shares or options over the ordinary shares of the Company.

Save as set out above, no further information regarding Mr. Pätsi is required to be disclosed pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies or Nasdaq First North Growth Market Rulebook.

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Jukka Järvelä

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About Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy (AIM: FARN, First North: FARON) together with its subsidiaries, is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical group focused on building the future of immunotherapy by harnessing the power of the immune system to tackle cancer and inflammation. Bexmarilimab, a novel anti-CLEVER-1 humanized antibody, is its investigative precision immunotherapy with the potential to provide permanent immune stimulation for difficult-to-treat cancers through targeting myeloid function. Currently in Phase I/II clinical development as a potential therapy for patients with hematological cancers and untreatable solid tumors, bexmarilimab has potential as a single-agent therapy or in combination with other standard treatments including immune checkpoint molecules. In terms of other pipeline assets, Traumakine(R) is an investigational intravenous (IV) interferon beta-1a therapy for the treatment of hyperinflammatory conditions. Faron is headquartered in Turku, Finland. Further information is available at www.faron.com .

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