Outlook Therapeutics® Announces Executive Leadership Transition
04 December 2024 - 8:30AM
Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OTLK), a biopharmaceutical
company that achieved regulatory approval in the European Union and
the United Kingdom earlier this year for LYTENAVA™ (bevacizumab
gamma), the first ophthalmic formulation of bevacizumab authorized
for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD)
in adults, today announced that Russell Trenary has stepped down as
the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
effective immediately. Lawrence Kenyon, Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and member of the board of directors, has
been appointed Interim CEO.
“On behalf of our management team and board, I
would like to thank Russ for his dedication and many contributions
to the Company and wish him the best in his future endeavors,”
commented Randy Thurman, the Company’s Executive Chairman. “We are
pleased to have Larry lead Outlook Therapeutics during this
transition period. We remain committed to our plans to resubmit the
BLA for ONS-5010 in the first quarter of calendar 2025 and to begin
sales of LYTENAVA™ in Europe in the first half of calendar
2025.”
Mr. Kenyon has served as the Company’s Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary since September 2015. He has been a
member of Outlook Therapeutics’ board of directors since August
2018 and also served as the Company’s President and CEO from August
2018 to July 2021.
The Company has engaged an executive search firm
to work with the board of directors to identify a permanent
CEO.
About Outlook Therapeutics,
Inc.
Outlook Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical
company focused on the development and commercialization of
ONS-5010/LYTENAVA™ (bevacizumab-vikg; bevacizumab gamma), for the
treatment of retina diseases, including wet AMD. LYTENAVA™
(bevacizumab gamma) is the first ophthalmic formulation of
bevacizumab to receive European Commission and MHRA Marketing
Authorization for the treatment of wet AMD. Outlook Therapeutics is
working to initiate its commercial launch of LYTENAVA™ (bevacizumab
gamma) in the EU and the UK as a treatment for wet AMD, expected in
the first half of calendar 2025. In the United States,
ONS-5010/LYTENAVA™ is investigational, is being evaluated in an
ongoing non-inferiority study for the treatment of wet AMD, and if
successful, the data may be sufficient for Outlook to resubmit a
BLA to the FDA in the United States. If approved in the United
States, ONS-5010/LYTENAVA™ would be the first approved ophthalmic
formulation of bevacizumab for use in retinal indications,
including wet AMD.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking
statements. All statements other than statements of historical
facts are “forward-looking statements,” including those relating to
future events. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking
statements by terminology such as “anticipate,” “continue,”
“expect,” “may,” “will,” or “would” the negative of terms like
these or other comparable terminology, and other words or terms of
similar meaning. These include, among others, plans for commercial
launch of LYTENAVA™ in the UK and EU and timing thereof, Outlook
Therapeutics’ commercialization strategy, the therapeutic potential
of LYTENAVA™ as a treatment of wet AMD, ONS-5010’s potential as the
first FDA-approved ophthalmic formulation of bevacizumab for use in
treating retinal indications, including wet AMD, in the United
States, expectations concerning Outlook Therapeutics’ ability to
remediate or otherwise resolve deficiencies identified in the CRL
issued by the FDA, including plans to resubmit the BLA for ONS-5010
and the timing thereof, expectations concerning decisions of
regulatory bodies and the timing thereof, and other statements that
are not historical fact. Although Outlook
Therapeutics believes that it has a reasonable basis for the
forward-looking statements contained herein, they are based on
current expectations about future events affecting Outlook
Therapeutics and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
factors relating to its operations and business environment, all of
which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond its
control. These risk factors include those risks associated with
developing and commercializing pharmaceutical product candidates,
risks of conducting clinical trials and risks in obtaining
necessary regulatory approvals, including the risk that the data
from the NORSE EIGHT trial does not support the resubmission or
subsequent filing by the FDA of the ONS-5010 BLA, the content and
timing of decisions by regulatory bodies, the sufficiency of
Outlook Therapeutics’ resources, as well as those risks detailed in
Outlook Therapeutics’ filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC), including the Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, filed with
the SEC on December 22, 2023, and future quarterly
reports Outlook Therapeutics files with the SEC,
which include uncertainty of market conditions and future impacts
related to macroeconomic factors, including as a result of the
ongoing overseas conflicts, high interest rates, inflation and
potential future bank failures on the global business environment.
These risks may cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements in this
press release. All forward-looking statements included in this
press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the
foregoing cautionary statements. You are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date hereof. Outlook Therapeutics does not
undertake any obligation to update, amend or clarify these
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as may be required under
applicable securities law.
Investor Inquiries: Jenene Thomas Chief
Executive Officer JTC Team, LLC T: 908.824.0775 OTLK@jtcir.com
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