Esperion Therapeutics appoints Jeff Berkowitz to the Board of Directors

– USA, MI – Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESPR), the Lipid Management Company focused on developing and commercializing convenient, complementary, cost-effective, once-daily, oral therapies for the treatment of patients with elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), today announced the appointment of Jeffrey Berkowitz, J.D. as a Class II Director, with a term expiring at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders.

“On behalf of the Lipid Management Team and our directors, it is with great pleasure that we welcome Jeff to the Esperion board. We look forward to applying insights from Jeff’s experience and expertise in the pharmaceutical industry and within the payer and PBM community as we advance the bempedoic acid product franchise through the final stages of development and approval,” said Tim Mayleben, president and chief executive officer of Esperion Therapeutics. “With five pivotal Phase 3 studies reporting out next year, Esperion is entering the most transformative and exciting period in our history. We are confident Jeff will provide important contributions to help us deliver on the promise of bringing our complementary, oral LDL-C lowering therapies to the millions of patients who are inadequately treated with, or unable to gain access to, current LDL-C lowering therapies.”

Mr. Berkowitz is the former executive vice president of Optum, Inc., a health services platform business of UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Previously, he was executive vice president and president of Pharma and Global Market Access with Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., a global pharmacy-led, health and well-being enterprise, where he was responsible for generic and branded procurement, specialty pharmacy, inventory management and oversaw relationships with pharmaceutical companies as well as pricing and reimbursement strategies with all payer segments. Additional experience includes serving as president of Walgreens Boots Alliance Development, GmbH, a joint venture between Walgreens Co. and Alliance Boots located in Switzerland; and having held a variety of senior executive positions with increasing responsibility in market access, sales and marketing with Merck and Schering-Plough as well as serving as healthcare attorney with Proskauer, LLP. Mr. Berkowitz earned his B.A. in political science from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in Brooklyn, N.Y.

“I am delighted to be joining Esperion’s accomplished board of directors,” said Mr. Berkowitz. “I’m energized by the opportunity to offer guidance and support to the Lipid Management Team as they develop market access plans for the bempedoic acid-based franchise with the goal to provide high-risk patients with hypercholesterolemia complementary, once-daily, oral therapies to lower elevated levels of LDL-C.”

About Esperion Therapeutics

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. is the Lipid Management Company passionately committed to developing and commercializing convenient, complementary, cost-effective, once-daily, oral therapies for the treatment of patients with elevated LDL-C. Through scientific and clinical excellence, and a deep understanding of cholesterol biology, the experienced lipid management team at Esperion is committed to developing new LDL-C lowering therapies that will make a substantial impact on reducing global cardiovascular disease; the leading cause of death around the world. Bempedoic acid and the company’s lead product candidate, the bempedoic acid / ezetimibe combination pill, are targeted therapies that have been shown to significantly reduce elevated LDL-C levels in patients with hypercholesterolemia, including patients inadequately treated with current lipid-modifying therapies.

For more information : http://www.esperion.com

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