MedinCell announced that Anh Nguyen Stepped Down from MedinCell Supervisory Board as Member and Chairman Due to Statutory Age Limit. Anh Nguyen is a founder of MedinCell. His departure, which took effect on February 15, 2024, comes as part of his remarkable endeavors as Chairman, since 2013, to install a dynamic governance, a reliable succession, and a strong management team for the company, prior to reaching the statutory age limit this year.

Anh Nguyen, a molecular biologist and a business executive by background started his successful career of a biotech serial entrepreneur in California, USA, where he co-founded and advanced successful companies to public listing on NASDAQ. Anh Nguyen championed organizational approaches of employee ownership of companies and moved these concepts beyond the USA to Europe with the co-founding of MedinCell. While Anh Nguyen was CEO then Chairman of MedinCell, the company advanced its proprietary technology of Controlled Release BEPO from early stages of chemistry research to being approved by the FDA, as the core technology of a major Long-Acting Injectable anti-psychotic therapy.

The technology is also present, through several key partnerships, in clinical stages of development across multiple disease indications. His guidance at MedinCell also included active selection and development of candidate therapies based on their potential of global access and significant social impact. Current key collaborations with major philanthropies-NGOs illustrate this approach.

On the organizational side, Anh Nguyen combined actions on science and leadership installed the strategic, governance and organizational foundations for the continued future growth for MedinCell, to become a key global actor in the Long-Acting therapy field. The Board has initiated the process of seeking a new Chairman while Sabri Markabi, as current Vice-Chairman, is appointed as Chairman on an interim basis. He will coordinate the continuation of the Board activities and the pursuit of its existing objectives, in collaboration with the management team.