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Home > Press > Shareholders OctoPlus appoint Jan Egberts to Executive Board

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OctoPlus N.V. ("OctoPlus")(Euronext: OCTO), announces today that its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders has appointed Jan H. Egberts, M.D., to the Executive Board.

Shareholders OctoPlus appoint Jan Egberts to Executive Board

Leiden, the Netherlands | Posted on May 21st, 2011

Dr. Egberts has been appointed for a period of four years. Dr. Egberts joined OctoPlus on 1 January 2011 as Chief Executive Officer. He brings over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical sector to OctoPlus.

The shareholders also approved all other agenda items of today's meeting. Minutes of the meeting will be posted on OctoPlus' website www.octoplus.nl.

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About OctoPlus N.V.
OctoPlus is a specialty pharmaceutical company committed to the creation of improved pharmaceutical products that are based on OctoPlus’ proprietary drug delivery technologies and have fewer side effects, improved patient convenience and a better efficacy/safety balance than existing therapies. OctoPlus focuses on the development of long-acting, controlled release versions of known protein therapeutics, other drugs, and vaccines on behalf of its clients.

The clinically most advanced product incorporating our technology is Locteron®, a controlled release formulation of interferon alpha for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. OctoPlus licensed Locteron exclusively to Biolex in October 2008. Locteron is being manufactured for Biolex by OctoPlus and has recently completed Phase IIb clinical studies with superior clinical data versus current treatment.

In addition, OctoPlus is a leading European provider of advanced drug formulation and clinical scale manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, with a focus on difficult-to-formulate active pharmaceutical ingredients.

OctoPlus is listed on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext under the symbol OCTO. For more information about OctoPlus, please visit our website www.octoplus.nl.

This document may contain certain forward-looking statements relating to the business, financial performance and results of OctoPlus and the industry in which it operates. These statements are based on OctoPlus’ current plans, estimates and projections, as well as its expectations of external conditions and events. In particular the words “expect”, “anticipate”, “predict”, “estimate”, “project”, “plan”, “may”, “should”, “would”, “will”, “intend”, “believe” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We caution investors that a number of important factors, and the inherent risks and uncertainties that such statements involve, could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. In the event of any inconsistency between an English version and a Dutch version of this document, the English version will prevail over the Dutch version.

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