Cosmo Pharmaceuticals Announces Senior Leadership Change Freitag, 18. Dezember 2020 - 07:00

Dublin, Ireland – 18 December 2020: Cosmo Pharmaceuticals N.V. (SIX: COPN) today announced that Mr. Giuseppe Cipriano, the current COO, will retire for personal reasons on the 31st of December 2020 and will not take up the position of Chief People Officer as previously announced. Such position will be taken up, effective 15 January 2021, by Mr. Biagio Viganò.

Mr. Viganò, who was formerly Global Group Human Resources Director at Sodalis Group S.p.A. and, prior to that, Human Resources Director at Almirall Italia S.p.A. and Polichem Swiss S.A., will therefore be responsible for the management of human resources and industrial relations of Cosmo Pharmaceuticals Group.

Mauro Ajani, Executive Chairman of Cosmo, said: “Giuseppe joined Cosmo more than twenty years ago and helped in all steps of Cosmo’s transformation. I am thankful for his essential contribution and the continued friendship”.

About Cosmo Pharmaceuticals

Cosmo is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercialising products to treat selected gastrointestinal disorders and improve endoscopy quality measures through aiding the detection of colonic lesions. Cosmo has also developed medical devices for endoscopy and has recently entered into a partnership with Medtronic for the global distribution of GI Genius™ its artificial intelligence device for use in coloscopies and GI procedures. Cosmo has licensed Aemcolo® to Red Hill Biopharma Ltd. for the US and has licensed Relafalk® to Dr. Falk Gmbh for the EU and other countries. For additional information on Cosmo and its products please visit the Company’s website: www.cosmopharma.com

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Cosmo Pharmaceuticals N.V.

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ndonnelly@cosmopharma.com

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