Amryt Pharma PLC Senior Management Team Appointment
December 20 2017 - 1:00AM
RNS Non-Regulatory
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Amryt Pharma PLC
20 December 2017
20 December 2017
AIM: AMYT
ESM: AYP
Amryt Pharma plc
("Amryt" or the "Company")
Senior Management Team Appointment -
Vice-President of Global Distributor Markets
Amryt Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on treatments
for rare and orphan diseases, is pleased to announce the
appointment of Patrick Jordan as Vice-President of Global
Distributor Markets.
Patrick has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for the last
18 years, during which time he held senior roles at Pfizer and MSD
(Merck & Co.) ("MSD"). He has significant experience across
sales, marketing, business development, and general management, and
been based in a number of global territories. Latterly, Patrick was
the Managing Director of MSD's Saudi operations and before that
served as MSD's Regional Managing Director of its Eastern Europe
and North Africa business.
Patrick holds an MBA from Babson College, Massachusetts,
together with an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology from Boston University, in the
USA.
Dr. Joe Wiley, Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Patrick to our senior management team
as Vice-President of Global Distributor Markets. He takes up a new
role at Amryt, which reflects the progress we are making as we
focus on our expanding opportunities across global markets.
"Patrick's role includes supporting Amryt's recently announced
entry into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as our planned
expansion into new territories in Central & Eastern Europe,
Middle East, North Africa, and beyond."
Enquiries:
Amryt Pharma plc C/o KTZ Communications
Joe Wiley, CEO
Rory Nealon, CFO/COO
+44 (0) 20 3178
KTZ Communications 6378
Katie Tzouliadis, Irene
Bermont-Penn, Emma Pearson
About Amryt Pharma plc
(www.amrytpharma.com)
Amryt Pharma is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on
developing and delivering innovative new treatments to help improve
the lives of patients with rare or orphan diseases. The Company is
building a diversified portfolio of commercially attractive,
best-in-class, proprietary new drugs to help address some of these
rare and debilitating illnesses for which there are currently no
available treatments.
The Company holds an exclusive licence to sell Lojuxta
(lomitapide) for adults, across the EU and other territories
including the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and Israel. Lojuxta
is used to treat a rare life-threatening disease called Homozygous
Familial Hypercholesterolemia, which impairs the body's ability to
remove LDL cholesterol ("bad" cholesterol) from the blood. This
typically results in extremely high blood LDL cholesterol levels
leading to aggressive and premature narrowing and blocking of
arterial blood vessels. If left untreated, heart attack or sudden
death may occur in childhood or early adulthood.
Amryt's lead drug candidate, AP101, is a potential treatment for
Epidermolysis Bullosa ("EB"), a rare and distressing genetic skin
disorder affecting young children for which there is currently no
treatment. It is currently in Phase 3 clinical trials. The global
market opportunity for EB is estimated to be in excess of EUR 1.3
billion.
Amryt's earlier stage product AP102 is focused on developing
novel, next generation somatostatin analogue ("SSA") peptide
medicines for patients with rare neuroendocrine diseases, where
there is a high unmet medical need, including acromegaly and
Cushing's disease.
The Company joined AIM and Dublin's ESM in April 2016 following
the reverse takeover of Fastnet Equity PLC.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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