Sunshine Heart Hires Gordon Weber as Vice President, General Counsel
May 16 2017 - 7:00AM
Sunshine Heart, Inc. (Nasdaq:SSH) announced today that Gordon Weber
has accepted the role of Vice President, General Counsel effective
May 15, 2017. In his capacity, Mr. Weber will provide legal counsel
to the Company and will oversee the Company’s compliance programs
as it grows its commercial operations and develops new business
opportunities.
“We are thrilled to have someone with Gordon’s caliber and
background join the company as our General Counsel,” said John Erb,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sunshine Heart. “His
extensive experience working with both established and emerging
growth companies will be critical to successfully scale our
commercial organization.”
Prior to joining Sunshine Heart, Mr. Weber was Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Vascular Solutions,
Inc., a publicly held medical device company, was Associate General
Counsel at Smiths Medical, a $1.1B medical device manufacturer, and
was a partner at Faegre & Benson LLP. Mr. Weber holds a
J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law, and a B.A. in Accounting
and Economics from Luther College.
About Sunshine HeartSunshine Heart,
Inc. (Nasdaq:SSH) is an early-stage medical device company
focused on commercializing the Aquadex FlexFlow® System. The
Company's commercial product, the Aquadex system, is indicated for
temporary (up to eight hours) ultrafiltration treatment of patients
with fluid overload who have failed diuretic therapy, and extended
(longer than 8 hours) ultrafiltration treatment of patients with
fluid overload who have failed diuretic therapy and require
hospitalization. Our objective is to improve the quality of life
for patients with heart failure and related
conditions. Sunshine Heart is
a Delaware corporation headquartered
in Minneapolis with wholly owned subsidiaries
in Australia and Ireland. The Company has been
listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market since February 2012.
Forward-Looking StatementsCertain statements in
this release are forward-looking statements that are based on
management's beliefs, assumptions, expectations, and information
currently available to management. All statements that address
future operating performance, events or developments that we expect
or anticipate will occur in the future are forward-looking
statements, including without limitation, our ability to execute on
our recently announced strategic realignment, our post-market
clinical data collection activities, benefits of our products to
patients, our expectations with respect to product development and
commercialization efforts, our ability to increase market and
physician acceptance of our products, potentially competitive
product offerings, intellectual property protection, our ability to
integrate acquired businesses, our expectations regarding
anticipated synergies with and benefits from acquired businesses.
The risk factors described in our filings with the SEC could cause
actual events to adversely differ from the expectations indicated
in these forward-looking statements. Management believes that these
forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made.
However, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements because they speak only as of the date when made.
Sunshine Heart does not assume any obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. Sunshine Heart may
not actually achieve the plans, projections or expectations
disclosed in forward-looking statements, and actual results,
developments or events could differ materially from those disclosed
in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are
subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including without
limitation, the possibility that regulatory authorities do not
accept our application or approve the marketing of our therapy, the
possibility we may be unable to raise the funds necessary for the
development and commercialization of our therapy and other risks
and uncertainties described in our filings with the SEC. We do not
assume any obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
For further information, please contact:
Claudia Napal Drayton
Chief Financial Officer
Sunshine Heart, Inc.
T: +1-952-345-4205
Investor Relations
Sunshine Heart Inc.
ir@sunshineheart.com
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