BAUDETTE, Minn., Jan. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ANI
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("ANI") (Nasdaq: ANIP) today announced the
appointment of Karen Quinn Ph.D as Vice President Corticotropin
Regulatory Affairs, effective January
17, 2017.
Karen Quinn is a professional
with over 30 years of leadership experience in Global Regulatory
Affairs, specifically with a focus on drug products with
biologically-derived active pharmaceutical ingredients. Dr.
Quinn worked most recently with Takeda Pharmaceuticals
International as Senior Director, Global Regulatory Affairs/CMC and
Head of the Biologics Group. Dr. Quinn has also held various
global regulatory affairs positions with The Dow Chemical Company,
Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals and Millennium Pharmaceuticals.
Arthur S. Przybyl, ANI's
President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "I am pleased that
Karen has joined ANI to help lead the advancement of our most
exciting pipeline opportunity, which is the re-commercialization of
our Corticotrophin NDAs. ANI intends to continue to expand
resources devoted to this project as we enter what is going to be a
very important year for development of our Corticotropin
products."
Mark Ginski, ANI's Vice President
of Corticotropin Product Development, stated, "I am confident that
Karen's highly relevant regulatory affairs experience will bring
valuable insight to the Corticotropin project. More specifically,
Karen has led regulatory efforts that resulted in the successful
FDA approval for an older biologically-derived drug product when it
was demonstrated that it met updated FDA requirements for
effectiveness, safety and manufacturing consistency."
About ANI
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company" or "ANI") is an
integrated specialty pharmaceutical company developing,
manufacturing, and marketing branded and generic prescription
pharmaceuticals. The Company's targeted areas of product
development currently include narcotics, oncolytics (anti-cancers),
hormones and steroids, and complex formulations involving extended
release and combination products. For more information, please
visit our website www.anipharmaceuticals.com.
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