Verona Pharma to Present at Bio€quity Europe 2018
LONDON, May 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verona Pharma plc (VRP.L) (VRNA) ("Verona Pharma"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for respiratory diseases, announces today that Piers Morgan, Chief Financial Officer of Verona Pharma, will present at Bio€quity Europe 2018 to be held May 14-16, 2018 in Ghent, Belgium.
Piers Morgan, Chief Financial Officer is scheduled to present Tuesday, May 15th at 5:20 PM CEST. For more information please visit www.veronapharma.com
About Verona Pharma plc
Verona Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases with significant unmet medical needs. Verona Pharma`s product candidate, RPL554, is a first-in-class, inhaled, dual inhibitor of the enzymes phosphodiesterase 3 and 4 that acts as both a bronchodilator and an anti-inflammatory agent in a single compound. In clinical trials, treatment with RPL554 has shown clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in lung function and clinical symptoms as compared to placebo, and has shown statistically significant improvements in lung function when administered in addition to frequently used short- and long-acting bronchodilators as compared to such bronchodilators administered as a single agent. Verona Pharma is developing RPL554 for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis (CF), and potentially asthma.
For further information, please contact: | |
Verona Pharma plc | Tel: +44 (0)20 3283 4200 |
Jan-Anders Karlsson, Chief Executive Officer | info@veronapharma.com |
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Nominated Adviser | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7710 7600 |
Stewart Wallace / Jonathan Senior / Ben Maddison | SNELVeronaPharma@stifel.com |
FTI Consulting (UK Media and Investor enquiries) | Tel: +44 (0)20 3727 1000 |
Simon Conway / Natalie Garland-Collins | veronapharma@fticonsulting.com |
ICR, Inc. (US Media and Investor enquiries) | |
James Heins | Tel: +1 203-682-8251 |
Stephanie Carrington | Tel. +1 646-277-1282 |
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