Nicox Announces Senior Management Change Paris Stock Exchange:COX

Press Release Nicox Announces Senior Management Change  

September 18, 2020 – release at 7:30 am
Sophia Antipolis, France

 

Nicox SA (Euronext Paris: FR0013018124, COX), an international ophthalmology company, today announced a change in Nicox management. Dr. Tomas Navratil, PhD, Executive Vice President & Head of Research & Development of the Nicox Group and General Manager of Nicox Ophthalmics, Inc. will be leaving Nicox on October 16, 2020 to pursue other opportunities.  The Company has initiated a search for a successor.  In the interim, Dr. José Boyer, the current Vice President and Head, Clinical Development, will be appointed as Interim Head of R&D, effective October 16, 2020. 

 

Michele Garufi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nicox, said: “We are very appreciative of Dr. Navratil’s contributions to Nicox and the excellent R&D progress achieved across all programs in Nicox’s pipeline during his tenure and we wish him great success in his future endeavours.  I am confident that under Dr. Boyer’s leadership the R&D team will continue to successfully deliver on key milestones in the NCX 470 trials and the forthcoming NCX 4251 trial.”

 

About Nicox Nicox S.A. is an ophthalmology company developing innovative solutions to help maintain vision and improve ocular health.  Nicox’s lead program in clinical development is NCX 470, a novel, second-generation nitric oxide-donating bimatoprost analog, for lowering intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma.  The company is also developing NCX 4251, a proprietary formulation of fluticasone, for acute exacerbations of blepharitis.  Nicox generates revenue from VYZULTA® in glaucoma, licensed exclusively worldwide to Bausch & Lomb, and ZERVIATE™ in allergic conjunctivitis, licensed in multiple geographies, including to Eyevance Pharmaceuticals, LLC, in the U.S. and Ocumension Therapeutics in the Chinese and Southeast Asian markets. 

Nicox is headquartered in Sophia Antipolis, France, is listed on Euronext Paris (Compartment B: Mid Caps; Ticker symbol: COX) and is part of the CAC Healthcare, CAC Pharma & Bio and Next 150 indexes.

For more information on Nicox, its products or pipeline, please visit: www.nicox.com.

Analyst coverage  

Bryan, Garnier & Co        Victor Floc’h           Paris, France
Cantor Fitzgerald             Louise Chen           New York, U.S.
H.C. Wainwright & Co      Yi Chen                   New York, U.S.
Oppenheimer & Co          Hartaj Singh            New York, U.S.

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Risks factors which are likely to have a material effect on Nicox’s business are presented in the 3^rd chapter of the ‘Document d’enregistrement universel, rapport financier annuel et rapport de gestion 2019’ filed with the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on March 6, 2020 which are available on Nicox’s website (www.nicox.com).

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