Cosmo Pharmaceuticals Appoints new CSO

Cosmo Pharmaceuticals Appoints new CSO

Dublin, Ireland - 1 July, 2020 - Cosmo Pharmaceuticals N.V. (SIX: COPN) today announced that Stefano Selva has been appointed Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) starting from October 1st 2020.

Stefano Selva was formerly Head of Pharmaceutical Development at Recordati since 2015. Prior to that, he worked for the Aptuit Research Center (formerly GSK Research Center) as Sr. Scientist and Project Coordinator in the CMC/Pharmaceutical Development Department and for Angelini in the Pharmaceutical Development Department. His core expertise is in the development of drugs and technologies for primary care and rare diseases and in the identification and implementation of new technological opportunities in drug delivery platforms.

Luigi Moro will terminate his interim re-appointment as CSO as of October 1st 2020 and will continue making his services available as a consultant to Cosmo.

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 and is the licensee of Byfavo™ (Remimazolam) for the U.S. for procedural sedation, which it has sub-licensed to Acacia. For additional information on Cosmo and its products please visit the Company's website: www.cosmopharma.com

Financial calendar

2020 Half-Year Results	July 30, 2020
Investora, Zurich	September 23/24, 2020

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