Pharming Group N.V. announced that its Vice-Chair, Juergen Ernst, has, for personal reasons, decided to retire from the Board of Supervisory Directors (BOSD), effective immediately. Ms. Debora Jorn, a member of the BOSD, will succeed Juergen as Vice-Chair. Juergen Ernst served as Vice-Chair of the BOSD for more than 11 years after being appointed in April 2009. During his long tenure, Juergen played an important role in the transformation of Pharming from an R&D focused business to a profitable biopharmaceutical company with its own international commercial operations and an advancing pipeline.