Pharming Reports on Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

LEIDEN, Netherlands, May 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Mr. Jaap Blaak, Former Chairman of the Board of Supervisory Directors, retires from the Board

Pharming Group N.V. ("Pharming" or "the Company") (Euronext Amsterdam: PHARM) announces that at its Annual General Meeting of shareholders (AGM), held today, all proposals were approved.

At the meeting, Mr. Jaap Blaak, who was Chairman of the Board of Supervisory Directors (BOSD) from 2007- 2015, announced that he would be retiring as member of the BOSD, effective immediately.

Paul Sekhri, the current Chairman of the BOSD, commented: "The BOSD is very grateful to Jaap for his 11 years of service and dedication, and we thank him for his leadership, courage, and loyalty during his long tenure, including some very difficult times in the company's history. We wish him all the best for the future."

Sijmen de Vries, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Jaap joined Pharming's BOSD at a challenging time, and on his watch Pharming was not only able to survive, but succeed as the first Dutch biotech company to get a first product from its technology platform approved in both the EU and USA. The Board of Management would like to thank him sincerely for his patience, guidance, trust and perseverance, and wish him all the best in his retirement."

The presentation slides from today's AGM are available on the Company's website.

 

The Board of Management

Sijmen de Vries, CEO
Bruno Giannetti, COO
Robin Wright, CFO

About Pharming Group N.V. 

Pharming is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative products for the safe, effective treatment of rare diseases and unmet medical needs. Pharming's lead product, RUCONEST® (conestat alfa) is a recombinant human C1 esterase inhibitor approved for the treatment of acute Hereditary Angioedema ("HAE") attacks in patients in Europe, the US, Israel and South Korea. The product is available on a named-patient basis in other territories where it has not yet obtained marketing authorization.

RUCONEST® is distributed by Pharming in Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Pharming holds commercialisation rights in Algeria, Andorra, Bahrain, Belgium, Ireland, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Syria, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. In some of these countries this is done in association with the HAEi Global Access Program (GAP).