Emergent BioSolutions Names Two Pharmaceutical Industry Veterans to Board of Directors
02 October 2023 - 10:00PM
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) today announced the
appointment of Neal Fowler and Don DeGolyer to its Board of
Directors effective October 1, 2023, with initial terms expiring at
Emergent’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Both joined as
independent directors and bring more than 70 years of combined
biopharmaceutical industry and sales experience.
“Neal and Don bring unique and extensive expertise to Emergent
as the company defines its future in this post-pandemic
environment,” said Emergent Chairman Dr. Zsolt Harsanyi, Ph.D.
“Maintaining our focus on our mission of protecting and enhancing
life, these industry veterans add valuable insight and experience
as Emergent continues to partner with governments to prepare for
public health threats and save lives.”
Mr. Fowler will serve on the Audit and Finance Committee, and
Mr. DeGolyer will serve on the Compensation Committee.
About Mr. Fowler:
Currently, Mr. Fowler is the Chief Executive Officer of Pathalys
Pharma, Inc., a biomedicines company focused on chronic kidney
disease. He previously served as CEO of Liquidia Corporation
(Nasdaq: LQDA), transforming the company from an early-stage
research platform into a publicly traded biomedicines company.
While at Liquidia, Mr. Fowler also co-founded and served as CEO of
Envisia Therapeutics (acquired), an ophthalmology company focused
on therapeutics. Prior to Liquidia, Mr. Fowler worked for seven
years with Johnson and Johnson, serving as President of Centocor,
Inc., a global multi-billion dollar subsidiary focused on
biomedicines, and President of Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, a company
focused on neurological disorders. He started his career with Eli
Lilly and Company, working for thirteen years in a variety of
sales, marketing and business development roles in both the
pharmaceutical and medical device divisions. Mr. Fowler is the
current chair of NCBIO and a past chair of the UNC Eshelman School
of Pharmacy Foundation.
Mr. Fowler earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy and
Master of Business Administration both from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
About Mr. DeGolyer:
With over 35 years of healthcare and corporate leadership
experience, Mr. DeGolyer was most recently the Founder and Director
of Vertice Pharma (a Warburg Pincus company), focused on specialty
pharmaceuticals for U.S. institutional use, from 2015 until the
company’s sale in 2022. Prior to Vertice, he was Chief Operating
Officer of Endo International, a Nasdaq-listed specialty
pharmaceutical company, from 2013-2015. Between 2009 and 2013, he
served on the Executive Committee of Sandoz AG (a Novartis
company), one of the largest global generic companies, as CEO,
Sandoz Inc., a $3.5bn generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilars
company where he was responsible for leading over 3,000 associates
in North America.
Mr. DeGolyer started his career with Pfizer, Johnson &
Johnson and Novartis in commercial roles of increasing
responsibility. He previously served on the Board of HLS
Therapeutics (commercial stage CV/CNS company) and TYME
Technologies (development stage cancer company), both publicly
traded companies, where he was also Chairman of the Compensation
Committees. He also serves on several non-profit boards including
Make-a-Wish-NJ and The Strong Women Foundation.
Mr. DeGolyer received his Bachelor of Arts from the University
of Rochester and earned a Master of Business Administration from
Fairleigh Dickinson University.
About Emergent BioSolutionsAt Emergent, our
mission is to protect and enhance life. For 25 years, we’ve been at
work defending people from things we hope will never happen—so we
are prepared just in case they ever do. We provide solutions for
complex and urgent public health threats through a portfolio of
vaccines and therapeutics that we develop and manufacture for
governments and consumers. We also offer a range of integrated
contract development and manufacturing services for pharmaceutical
and biotechnology customers. To learn more about how we plan to
protect or enhance 1 billion lives by 2030, visit
our website and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and
Instagram.
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