New CEO and President for Glycotex Inc.
January 17 2006 - 4:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
STAMFORD, Conn. and SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 17
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmaceutical company, Novogen Limited,
announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, Glycotex Inc., has
appointed Dr Reinhard Koenig as chief executive officer and
president. Glycotex Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical
company focused on discovering and developing a new class of drugs
for human wound healing and tissue repair. Dr. Koenig will also be
a director of the company. Other directors include Mr. Christopher
Naughton (chairman), Mr. David Seaton (chief financial officer,
director and secretary), Ms. Katherine Szem (chair of the Audit
Committee), Mr. William Rueckert and Mr. Philip Johnston. Following
the appointment of Dr. Koenig, Glycotex will be headquartered in
San Francisco. Dr. Koenig has more than 18 years of pharmaceutical
experience in small and emerging biotech and pharmaceutical
companies as well as in multinational companies. His most recent
position has been Vice President, Clinical and Product Development
at Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical
company. Previous appointments include Senior Vice president,
Medical and Regulatory Affairs at Imcor Pharmaceuticals Inc.,
previously known as Photogen Technologies Inc., Chief Medical
Officer at Collagen Aesthetics, Inc., a manufacturer of tissue
augmentation products, Director, Medical Information and Drug
Experience at Genentech, Inc., a manufacturer of biotechnology
products, and Director, Medical Affairs at Boehringer Mannheim
Therapeutics, a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. He received his
medical degree at Medical School at Philipps University in Marburg,
Germany. He also received his doctorate in toxicology and
pharmacology from Philipps University, Marburg. Novogen
(NASDAQ:NVGN)(ASX:NRT) is a world leader in the research and
development of drugs derived from its phenolic technology platform.
Novogen manages its international research and development programs
using the expertise and clinical research capabilities of
universities and hospitals in the U.S., Australia and other key
international locations. Novogen's U.S. listed subsidiary Marshall
Edwards Inc. (NASDAQ:MSHL) is developing the oncology compound
phenoxodiol. More information on the Novogen group of companies can
be found at http://www.novogen.com/ and
http://www.marshalledwardsinc.com/. Under U.S. law, a new drug
cannot be marketed until it has been investigated in clinical
trials and approved by the FDA as being safe and effective for the
intended use. Statements included in this press release that are
not historical in nature are "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You should be aware that
our actual results could differ materially from those contained in
the forward-looking statements, which are based on management's
current expectations and are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, our failure to
successfully commercialize our product candidates; costs and delays
in the development and/or FDA approval, or the failure to obtain
such approval, of our product candidates; uncertainties in clinical
trial results; our inability to maintain or enter into, and the
risks resulting from our dependence upon, collaboration or
contractual arrangements necessary for the development,
manufacture, commercialization, marketing, sales and distribution
of any products; competitive factors; our inability to protect our
patents or proprietary rights and obtain necessary rights to third
arty patents and intellectual property to operate our business; our
inability to operate our business without infringing the patents
and proprietary rights of others; general economic conditions; the
failure of any products to gain market acceptance; our inability to
obtain any additional required financing; technological changes;
government regulation; changes in industry practice; and one-time
events. We do not intend to update any of these factors or to
publicly announce the results of any revisions to these
forward-looking statements. First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact:
DATASOURCE: Novogen Limited CONTACT: Mr. Christopher Naughton,
Managing Director of Novogen Limited, +011 (2) 9878 0088; or David
Sheon, +1-202-518-6321, for Novogen Limited Web site:
http://www.novogen.com/ http://www.marshalledwardsinc.com/
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