Poxel SA announced that Jonae R. Barnes has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Public Relations. Ms. Barnes will be based in the Boston area, a leading area in drug development and innovation. Ms. Barnes has 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.

Her experience in strategic investor and corporate communications spans the full life cycle of drug development and commercialization. She began her career at Sepracor (now Sunovion Pharmaceuticals; acquired by Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. for approximately $3 billion in 2009), a specialty pharmaceutical company, where she held a series of progressively responsible management and executive roles over a 14-year period and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, Corporate Communications and Internal Communications.