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Beskrivning

LandFinland
ListaFirst North Finland
SektorHälsovård
IndustriBioteknik
Faron Pharmaceuticals är verksamt inom medicinteknik. Bolaget bedriver forskning och utveckling av terapeutiska lösningar som används för behandling av immuna sjukdomar och diverse organskador. Störst verksamhet återfinns inom Nordamerika samt Europa, med sjukhus och forskningsinstitut som dominerande kundbas. Utöver huvudverksamheten erbjuds diverse mervärdestjänster. Huvudkontoret ligger i Turku.
2023-03-24 14:35:00

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 innovativemechanism 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.  Mr. 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, Former positions, directorships and/or
directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five
partnerships: 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 Spółka 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.

For more information please contact:

Media Contact

Faron Pharmaceuticals

Faron Pharmaceuticals

Jennifer C. Smith-Parker

Head of Communications

Jennifer.Smith-Parker@faron.com

Investor Contact

Faron Pharmaceuticals

Julia Balanova

VP, Investor Relations

julia.balanova@faron.com

investor.relations@faron.com

Phone: +1 (917) 306-6096

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, Nomad

Sandy Jamieson, Jo Turner

Phone: +44 (0) 207 213 0880

Peel Hunt LLP, Broker
Christopher Golden, James Steel
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900

Sisu Partners Oy, Certified Adviser on Nasdaq First North
Juha Karttunen
Phone: +358 (0)40 555 4727
Jukka Järvelä
Phone: +358 (0)50 553 8990

Consilium Strategic Communications
Mary-Jane Elliott, David Daley, Lindsey Neville
faron@consilium-comms.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 3709 5700

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,bexmarilimabhas potential as a single-agent therapy or in combination with other standard treatments including immune checkpoint molecules. In terms of other pipeline assets, Traumakine® is an investigational intravenous (IV) interferon beta-1a therapy for the treatment of hyperinflammatory conditions. Faron is headquartered inTurku, Finland. Further information is available atwww.faron.com.