Omeros Announces Additions to Senior Management Team - Seite 2

Mr. Kirby assumes the role of vice president and head of commercial at Omeros, having joined the company from Celgene. At Celgene, he was the U.S. commercial lead for its chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell franchise. Before its acquisition by Celgene, Mr. Kirby built and led the commercial marketing and market access functions in his role as vice president and head of marketing/market access at Juno Therapeutics. Prior to Juno, he was the head of marketing at Medivation where he oversaw all of the marketing efforts for the blockbuster Xtandi. Mr. Kirby previously spent nearly 15 years in both marketing and sales leadership roles at Amgen, including oversight of all U.S. customer-facing marketing efforts for its multi-billion-dollar granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) franchise NEULASTA and NEUPOGEN. Before joining Amgen, he advanced through commercial positions of increasing responsibility at GlaxoSmithKline.

As vice president of CMC, Dr. McCue oversees for Omeros all development, manufacturing, and supply of both biological and small-molecule drugs. Dr. McCue joins Omeros from Celgene where he headed the development of CAR T-cell and T-cell receptor (TCR) therapy manufacturing processes. Prior to Celgene, he led Biogen’s CMC activities for the multi-billion-dollar drugs AVONEX and PLEGRIDY, approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis in more than 90 countries. He began his career in the biopharmaceutical division at Millipore. Dr. McCue earned his Ph.D. and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) after receiving a degree in chemical engineering at University of California at Berkeley.

“Both Dan and Justin are strong and timely additions to our senior leadership team, and we’re pleased to have them on board,” stated Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer of Omeros. “Their successful track records in drug development and commercialization speak for themselves. With OMIDRIA sales currently tracking to challenge record quarterly revenues and OMS721 moving toward commercialization, Dan and Justin’s collective experience and expertise are an excellent fit for our marketed, Phase 3 and pipeline programs. Both have hit the ground running and, I look forward to each of them contributing significantly to our success in bringing important new drugs to patients worldwide.”