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Opthea Ltd — Board/Management Information 2012
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2 October 2012
Dr Errol Malta – Resignation as Director.
Circadian announces today that Dr Errol Malta has retired as a director of Circadian Technologies Limited as from 1 October 2012 and will therefore not be seeking re-election at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 20 November 2012.
Circadian Chairman, Ms Dominique Fisher, said “On behalf of the board and the shareholders of Circadian, I thank Errol for his valuable contributions and commercial insights over the years.”
Company enquiries Media enquiries – international Robert Klupacs Lauren Glaser Managing Director - Circadian The Trout Group LLC Tel: +61 (0) 3 9826 0399 or 251 Post Street, Suite 412 [email protected] San Francisco, CA 94108 Tel +1 215 740 8468 [email protected]
About Circadian Technologies Limited
Circadian (ASX:CIR; OTCQX:CKDXY)) is a biologics drug developer focusing on cancer and eye disease therapies. It controls exclusive worldwide rights to a significant intellectual property portfolio around Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)-C and -D. The applications for the VEGF technology, which functions in regulating blood and lymphatic vessel growth, are substantial and broad. Circadian’s internal product development programs are primarily focussed on developing VGX-100 (a human antibody against VEGF-C) as a treatment for solid tumours, in particular glioblastoma as well as for eye diseases such as corneal neovascularisation, dry eye disease and age related macular degeneration. Circadian has also licensed rights to some parts of its intellectual property portfolio for the development of other products to ImClone Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, including the antilymphatic antibody-based drug IMC-3C5 targeting VEGFR-3. Circadian is also developing a molecular diagnostic product in collaboration with Healthscope Limited as an aid in the diagnosis of Cancers of Unknown Primary.
Inherent risks of Investment in Biotechnology Companies
There are a number of inherent risks associated with the development of pharmaceutical products to a marketable stage. The lengthy clinical trial process is designed to assess the safety and efficacy of a drug prior to commercialisation and a significant proportion of drugs fail one or both of these criteria. Other risks include uncertainty of patent protection and proprietary rights, whether patent applications and issued patents will offer adequate protection to enable product development, the obtaining of necessary drug regulatory authority approvals and difficulties caused by the rapid advancements in technology. Companies such as Circadian are dependent on the success of their research and development projects and on the ability to attract funding to support these activities. Investment in research and development projects cannot be assessed on the same fundamentals as trading and manufacturing enterprises. Thus investment in companies specialising in drug development must be regarded as highly speculative. Circadian strongly recommends that professional investment advice be sought prior to such investments.
T +61 (3) 9826 0399 F +61 (3) 9824 0083 www.circadian.com.au
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Forward-looking statements
Certain statements in this ASX announcement may contain forward-looking statements regarding Company business and the therapeutic and commercial potential of its technologies and products in development. Any statement describing Company goals, expectations, intentions or beliefs is a forward-looking statement and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, particularly those risks or uncertainties inherent in the process of developing technology and in the process of discovering, developing and commercialising drugs that can be proven to be safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavour of building a business around such products and services. Circadian undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in this ASX announcement.