Dan Vickery, PhD Joins Urigen's Board
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 14, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Urigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB:URGP), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of treatments for urological disorders and pain, announced today that Dan Vickery, PhD has joined the Board of Directors.
Dr. Vickery, age 46, is a pharmaceutical business development consultant. Prior to starting his practice in 2005, he held a senior business development position at Mylan Pharmaceuticals, overseeing their Branded Products and Drug Delivery divisions, during which he focused on transactions for Drug Delivery products in the EU, and in-licensing and out-licensing of branded products. Prior to joining Mylan, Dr. Vickery had worldwide commercial development responsibility at Pharmacia for the therapeutic areas of Urology, Women's Health Care, and Sexual Dysfunction.
Dr. Vickery also has significant experience in drug development, having lead the Regulatory Affairs department at Parke-Davis division, Warner-Lambert Canada, during the time in which Lipitor was approved and launched. Dr. Vickery has an M.B.A. from the Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario, and his Ph.D. (Genetics) and B.Sc. (Biology) are from the University of British Columbia.
About Urigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Urigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of therapeutic products for urological disorders. Urigen's two lead programs target significant unmet medical needs and major market opportunities in urology. Urigen's URG101, a proprietary combination of approved drugs that is instilled into the bladder, targets painful bladder syndrome, which affects approximately 10.5 million men and women in North America. Urigen's URG301, a proprietary dosage form of an approved drug that is locally delivered to control urinary urgency, targets acute urgency in females diagnosed with an overactive bladder, another major unmet need that is insufficiently managed by presently available overactive bladder drugs. For further information, please visit Urigen's website at http://www.urigen.com.
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