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Protalix BioTherapeutics Appoints Dror Bashan as its New President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
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May
21
CARMIEL, Israel, “Dror brings valuable experience and knowledge in the pharmaceutical industry to our Company, and I am happy to welcome him to Protalix,” said “I have the deepest gratitude to Protalix’s employees and its Board of Directors. I have decided that, for personal reasons unrelated to the Company, the time has come to hand over leadership to a new chief executive officer,” said Mr. Manor. “I am very honored to have led this great organization and will continue to watch with excitement and anticipation as Protalix progresses in the development and commercialization of its promising pipeline.” “I am very proud to become Protalix’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and am looking forward to working with such a talented management team to continue the progress of Protalix’s future development,” said Mr. Bashan. “I believe that my broad experience in the pharmaceutical industry, which covers a range of disciplines in the field, will be a valuable resource for the company. I am very excited about the potential path forward and glad to be part of Protalix’s future.” Mr. Bashan has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry with roles ranging from business development, marketing, sales and finance providing him with both cross regional and cross discipline experience and a deep knowledge of the global pharmaceutical and health industries. From 1998 through 2018, he served in a number of senior positions at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Most recently, he served as Teva’s Senior Vice President, Global Business Development, and was involved in strategic alliances, cross-company strategic projects and the acquisition and divestiture of assets. Mr. Bashan holds a BA in Economics and Business Management from the About Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. Protalix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins expressed through its proprietary plant cell-based expression system, ProCellEx®. Protalix’s unique expression system presents a proprietary method for developing recombinant proteins in a cost-effective, industrial-scale manner. Protalix’s first product manufactured by ProCellEx, taliglucerase alfa, was approved for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( Forward-Looking Statements To the extent that statements in this press release are not strictly historical, all such statements are forward-looking, and are made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The terms “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “plan,” “should” and “intend” and other words or phrases of similar import are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future experience and results to differ materially from the statements made. The statements in this press release are valid only as of the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation to update this information, except as may be required by law. Investor Contact
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