Shareholders OctoPlus appoint Jan Egberts to Executive Board
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
OctoPlus N.V. ("OctoPlus")(Euronext: OCTO), announces today that its Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders has appointed Jan H. Egberts, M.D., to the
Executive Board.
Dr. Egberts has been appointed for a period of four years. Dr. Egberts joined
OctoPlus on 1 January 2011 as Chief Executive Officer. He brings over 20 years
of experience in the pharmaceutical sector to OctoPlus.
The shareholders also approved all other agenda items of today's meeting.
Minutes of the meeting will be posted on OctoPlus' website www.octoplus.nl.
For further information, please contact:
Rianne Roukema, Corporate Communications: telephone number +31 (71) 524 1071, or
send an e-mail to Investor Relations at IR(at)octoplus.nl.
About OctoPlus
OctoPlus is a specialty pharmaceutical company committed to the creation of
improved pharmaceutical products that are based on OctoPlus' proprietary drug
delivery technologies and have fewer side effects, improved patient convenience
and a better efficacy/safety balance than existing therapies. OctoPlus focuses
on the development of long-acting, controlled release versions of known protein
therapeutics, other drugs, and vaccines on behalf of its clients.
The clinically most advanced product incorporating our technology is Locteron®,
a controlled release formulation of interferon alpha for the treatment of
chronic hepatitis C. OctoPlus licensed Locteron exclusively to Biolex in October
2008. Locteron is being manufactured for Biolex by OctoPlus and has recently
completed Phase IIb clinical studies with superior clinical data versus current
treatment.
In addition, OctoPlus is a leading European provider of advanced drug
formulation and clinical scale manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industries, with a focus on difficult-to-formulate active
pharmaceutical ingredients.
OctoPlus is listed on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext under the symbol OCTO.
For more information about OctoPlus, please visit our website www.octoplus.nl.
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business, financial performance and results of OctoPlus and the industry in
which it operates. These statements are based on OctoPlus' current plans,
estimates and projections, as well as its expectations of external conditions
and events. In particular the words "expect", "anticipate", "predict",
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"believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. We caution investors that a number of important factors, and the
inherent risks and uncertainties that such statements involve, could cause
actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements. In the event of any inconsistency between an English
version and a Dutch version of this document, the English version will prevail
over the Dutch version.
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