Oculis Elects Anthony Rosenberg and David A. Weber - Veterans of the Global Pharmaceutical and Eye-care Industries - to its Board of Directors

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, September 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Oculis, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation topical treatments for acute and chronic back- and front-of-the-eye diseases, announces the appointments of Anthony Rosenberg as Non-Executive Chairman and David A. Weber, Ph.D. as Non-Executive Director. Together, they bring more than 60 years' experience from the global pharmaceutical and eye-care industries to the Company's Board of Directors.  

"This is an exciting period for Oculis, as we look to advance and expand the clinical development of our lead candidate OC-118, a potential transformative topical treatment for Diabetic Macular Edema (DME). The addition of Anthony and David strengthens Oculis' Board with extensive experience in innovative pharmaceuticals and eye-care product development. We are confident that they will both provide valuable strategic and operational guidance to assist us in the development both of OC-118 and of a broader pipeline of topical treatments for sight-threatening eye diseases," said Dr. Riad Sherif, CEO of Oculis.

Anthony Rosenberg, Chairman of the Board of Directors, added: "I'm delighted to be joining the Board of Oculis at this stage of the Company's development. Oculis has an exciting lead candidate in OC-118, which has shown promising early clinical data indicating its potential to improve the sight of DME patients; and an innovative platform technology, which presents multiple opportunities to generate sight-saving topical treatments for a range of ophthalmic diseases. I look forward to working with the excellent management team and Board to help the Company deliver on its strategy and capitalize on OC-118 and its world-leading technology."

Mr. Rosenberg has more than 35 years' experience in the pharmaceutical sector. He is a Managing Director at MPM Capital and previously served as Global Head, M&A and Licensing (Corporate) for Novartis, based in Basel, Switzerland. In this role, he oversaw the Novartis portfolio transformation, a comprehensive set of transactions announced in 2014 to focus Novartis on its global businesses in innovative pharmaceuticals, eye care and generics. Mr. Rosenberg is a Board member at MPM portfolio companies Radius, Cullinan and TriNetX. In addition, he is also an independent Board Member at argenx BV.