Antares Pharma Appoints LeRoux Jooste Senior Vice President Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing
May 15 2012 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Antares Pharma, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AIS) today announced the
appointment of LeRoux Jooste to the position of Senior Vice
President of Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing. Mr. Jooste has
more than 25 years of experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical
industry, including senior level leadership roles in global
marketing, sales, new product development and commercial
operations.
“We are very pleased to add LeRoux’s extensive commercial and
new product planning experience to the Antares team,” said Paul K.
Wotton, Ph.D, President and CEO. “LeRoux brings to Antares a proven
track record in leading sales and marketing organizations,
launching new products and managing alliance partners. In
particular, LeRoux’s experience working at Cephalon will be
beneficial to Antares as we continue to grow this Company in an
intelligent and focused way.”
“It’s an exciting time to be joining the Antares organization,”
said Mr. Jooste. “The Company is currently working to commercialize
Vibex MTX and I’m looking forward to playing a pivotal role in that
process. A successful launch will enable Antares to continue to
build commercial capabilities for the recently announced Vibex QS
T, potentially the first auto injector testosterone product for men
suffering from symptomatic testosterone deficiency.”
Mr. Jooste joins Antares from Cephalon, Inc., where his most
recent position was Vice President Commercial Assessment and New
Product Planning. Previously at Cephalon he held leadership
positions in sales and marketing as well as commercial operations.
LeRoux was with Nabi Biopharmaceuticals as Senior Vice President
Global Sales and Marketing and he was the Chief Operating Officer
of Aton Pharma where he built the organization from the ground up
and managed all aspects of a start-up biotech company developing
products to treat cancer. Earlier in his career he held positions
with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly & Co. LeRoux has new
product planning and portfolio management experience in multiple
therapeutic areas including endocrinology and rheumatology. His
major product launch successes include Prozac®, Ceclor®, Gemzar®,
Humulin®, Enbrel® and Effexor XR®. Mr. Jooste received his diploma
in Pharmacy from Pretoria Technikon in South Africa, and a Bachelor
of Commerce, Economics and Industrial Psychology from the
University of South Africa.
About Antares Pharma
Antares Pharma focuses on self-injection pharmaceutical products
and topical gel-based medicines. The Company's subcutaneous and
intramuscular injection technology platforms include Vibex™
disposable pressure-assisted auto injectors, disposable multi-use
pen injectors and Vision™ reusable needle-free injectors
distributed as Tjet® and Zomajet® by Teva Pharmaceutical
Industries, Ltd (Teva) and Ferring Pharmaceuticals (Ferring),
respectively. In the injector area, Antares Pharma has a
multi-product deal with Teva that includes Tev-Tropin® human growth
hormone (hGH) and a partnership with Ferring that includes
Zomacton® hGH. In the gel-based area, the Company's FDA approved
product is Gelnique 3%™ for the treatment of OAB (overactive
bladder) which has been licensed to Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
for marketing in the U.S. and Canada. Antares’ portfolio includes
Elestrin® (estradiol gel) indicated for the treatment of
moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause,
and marketed in the U.S. by Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Antares Pharma
has two facilities in the U.S. The Parenteral Products Group
located in Minneapolis, Minnesota directs the development and
manufacturing of the Company’s reusable needle-free injection
devices and related disposables, and develops its disposable
pressure-assisted auto injector and pen injector systems. The
Company’s corporate offices and Pharma Group are located in Ewing,
New Jersey, where pharmaceutical products are developed utilizing
both the Company’s transdermal systems and drug/device combination
products.
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