uniQure nominates Madhu Balachandran and Dr Jeremy Springhorn for election to its Board of Directors

– NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam – uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ:QURE), a leader in human gene therapy and AAV manufacturing, today announced the nominations of Mr. Madhavan Balachandran and Dr. Jeremy P. Springhorn, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors.

An Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM) will be held on Thursday, September 14, 2017 for purposes of considering their elections to the Board. As previously disclosed, Will Lewis will be resigning from the Board of Directors effective at the EGM.

These actions further uniQure’s expansion in the United States and add additional expertise in gene therapy research, development, operations, manufacturing and commercial readiness

“I am very pleased to welcome Madhu and Jeremy, two seasoned and accomplished executives, to our Board of Directors at this exciting time for uniQure,” stated Philip Astley-Sparke, chairman of uniQure’s Board of Directors. “With the additions of Madhu and Jeremy, we are increasing the breadth of strategic leadership, industry experience and operational excellence on our Board of Directors. On behalf of the full Board, I would like to thank Will for his significant contributions to the Company over the past three years and Sander for his contributions as a member of the Board. It has been a pleasure to serve with both of them.”

Mr. Balachandran is a pharmaceutical industry executive and has more than 40 years of experience in manufacturing and operations. He was previously with Amgen Inc., where he served as Executive Vice President of Operations, overseeing global operations and reporting directly to the CEO. Mr. Balachandran held similar positions at Copley Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Burroughs Wellcome Co. Mr. Balachandran holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from East Carolina University, a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from State University of New York and a Bachelor’s degree in Technology from Indian Institute of Technology.

Dr. Springhorn is an industry veteran with 25 years of experience in leading scientific, business development, and corporate strategy organizations. Dr. Springhorn currently serves as Partner of Corporate Development with Flagship Pioneering and was previously at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as Vice President, Corporate Development. Dr. Springhorn holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Louisiana State University Medical Center and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry from Colby College.

About uniQure

uniQure is delivering on the promise of gene therapy – single treatments with potentially curative results. We are leveraging our modular and validated technology platform to rapidly advance a pipeline of proprietary and partnered gene therapies to treat patients with CNS, liver/metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.

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

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