20.02.2007 11:36:00
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Cobalis Appoints Three Pharmaceutical Industry Executives to Board
Cobalis Corp. (OTC BB: CLSC), a pharmaceutical development company
specializing in anti-allergy medications, is pleased to announce today
the appointment of S. Wayne Kay, Ellen McDonald, and Thomas H. Silberg
to its board of directors. The appointees will replace three resigning
directors, two of which remain as officers of the Company. With these
appointments, Cobalis’ board will continue to
be comprised of seven members, including the Company’s
chairman, Radul "Rudy”
Radovich, a founding shareholder, and CEO Dr. Gerald J. Yakatan, who
will be the only management member of the Board.
"We are pleased to have attracted such an array of accomplished
pharmaceutical industry professionals to the Board,”
said Rudy Radovich. "We look forward to
benefiting from their insight as the Company strives to execute on its
goals. I would also like to thank those resigning members of the Board
for their support in advancing the Company to this stage, and for
recognizing the need for new Board members with the Company at this
stage in its development.”
Mr. Kay, 56, is an experienced pharmaceutical executive with extensive
senior level management experience in both entrepreneurial and larger
companies. He has served as President and CEO of Quidel Corporation,
Health Industry Distributors Association, and Enzymatics Inc.
Previously, Mr. Kay was the senior vice president of Neoforma and was
President of SmithKline Diagnostics, Inc. He now serves as an interim
executive advisor to the management and boards of several early stage
companies, including a life sciences tool company; an early stage
company focused on development of a non-invasive cardiac output
measurement technology; and a clinical chemistry reagent medical device
company.
Ms. McDonald, 45, is Senior Vice President, Business Operations for
Chugai Pharma USA, LLC, having previously served as a strategic
commercialization consultant for small to mid-sized biotechnology,
pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Previously, she served for
three years as Senior Vice President, Cardiovascular Marketing and
Medical with Bristol-Myers Squibb. For the prior twelve years, Ms.
McDonald worked for Johnson & Johnson, Inc., progressing from sales
representative to Vice President, Oncology Franchise, of the Company’s
Ortho Biotech Inc. subsidiary.
Mr. Silberg, 60, serves as President of Abraxis Pharmaceutical Products
(APP), a division of Abraxis BioScience that manufactures and markets a
broad range of injectable drugs in the areas of oncology, critical care,
and anti-infectives. Prior to joining Abraxis, Mr. Silberg served as
Chief Operating Officer at Tercica, Inc. and Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Mr. Silberg commenced his pharmaceutical career with Hoffmann-Laroche,
Inc., where he spent 27 years, rising from salesman to Vice President,
Business Operations.
Stepping down from the Board of Directors is Chas Radovich, a co-founder
of the Company and a director since 2003. Mr. Radovich, the son of Rudy
Radovich, is also a shareholder of the Company and will continue as
President. In addition, Ernest T. Armstrong, a director of Cobalis since
2004 and the Company’s Chief Scientific
Officer, and Larry May, a director of Cobalis since 2004, have both
stepped down from the Board. Mr. Armstrong will continue to serve the
company as Chief Scientific Officer, and Mr. May will continue to serve
on the Company’s Scientific Advisory Board.
The Board thanks Messrs. Radovich, Armstrong and May for their service,
dedication and contributions to the company in their role as directors.
About Cobalis Corp.
Cobalis Corp. is a specialty pharmaceutical development company
specializing in medications to prevent and treat atopic disease,
including allergies, migraine headache, atopic asthma and dermatitis.
Its flagship drug candidate PreHistin is an allergy prevention
medication in Phase III development. Cobalis plans to seek FDA approval
to market PreHistin over-the-counter in the US. For further information,
visit www.cobalis.com Safe Harbor
This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act").
Cobalis disclaims any intent or obligation to update these
forward-looking statements, and claims the protection of the Safe Harbor
for forward-looking statements contained in the Act. Examples of such
statements include, but are not limited to, any statements relating to
the timing, scope or expected outcome of the Company's clinical
development of its drug candidates, the potential benefits of the
Company's drug candidates and the size of the potential market for the
Company's products. Such statements are based on management's current
expectations, but actual results may differ materially due to various
factors. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but
not limited to, those risks and uncertainties relating to securing
funding for ongoing operations including clinical trials, difficulties
or delays in development, testing, regulatory approval, production and
marketing of the Company's drug candidates, unexpected adverse side
effects or inadequate therapeutic efficacy of the Company's drug
candidates that could slow or prevent product approval or market
acceptance (including the risk that current and past results of clinical
trials are not necessarily indicative of future results of clinical
trials), the development of competing products by our competitors;
uncertainties related to the Company's dependence on third parties and
partners; and those risks described in our quarterly report on Form
10-QSB filed with the SEC on February 20, 2007.
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