– USA, CA – La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (Nasdaq: LJPC), a leader in the development of therapeutics targeting significant unmet life-threatening diseases, today announced the appointment of Robert H. Rosen to the Company’s Board of Directors.
“We are honored to have Rob, who has a wealth of successful drug development and commercialization experience, join the board of directors of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company,” said George Tidmarsh, Chief Executive Officer of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company. “This will be especially important as we prepare to accelerate our drug development efforts.”
Robert H. Rosen is currently President and a Director of Heron Therapeutics, a Nasdaq-listed specialty pharmaceutical company developing products using its Biochonomer polymer-based drug delivery platform. He joined the company in October 2012 as Sr. Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to Heron, Mr. Rosen was Managing Partner of Scotia Nordic LLC. From April 2011 to March 2012, Mr. Rosen served as Senior Vice President of Global Commercial Operations at Dendreon Corporation, a biotechnology company. Prior to Dendreon, he served as global head of oncology at Bayer HealthCare, where he was responsible for the development of the global oncology business unit for regions that included the Americas, Europe, Japan, and Asia Pacific from 2005 to 2011. During his tenure at Bayer Healthcare, he led the launch of Nexavar for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. Nexavar’s worldwide sales in 2011 were $1.0 billion. He also led premarket activities for Stivarga for gastrointestinal stromal tumors and colon cancer and alpharadin for prostate cancer. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Rosen was vice president of the oncology business unit at Sanofi-Synthèlabo, where he was responsible for the development of Sanofi’s U.S. oncology business and the launch of Eloxatin for colon cancer. Eloxatin U.S. sales in 2005, its third full year on the market, were $1.1 billion, ranking it among the industry’s most successful oncology drug launches. Mr. Rosen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from Northeastern University.
About La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics for chronic organ failure and cancer. GCS-100, the Company’s lead product candidate, is a first-in-class inhibitor of galectin-3, a novel molecular target implicated in chronic organ failure and cancer. GCS-100 currently is in Phase 2 clinical development for chronic kidney disease (CKD). LJPC-501, the Company’s second product candidate, is a natural peptide for the potential treatment of hepatorenal syndrome. LJPC-401, the Company’s third product candidate, is a natural peptide for the potential treatment of iron overload.
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