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- Shareholders approve all resolutions with a high majority
- Dr. Keith Manchester, Ronald Scott and Dr. Gerd Zettlmeissl elected as new members for extended Supervisory Board
Medigene AG (MDG1, Frankfurt, Prime Standard, TecDAX) announces that the shareholders of the company approved all resolutions with large majorities during the Annual General Meeting today.
Three new members were elected in a supplemental election to Medigene's Supervisory Board which now increased to six members: Dr. Keith Manchester, Managing Director and Head at Life Sciences QVT Financial LP, USA; Ronald Scott, Chief Executive Officer of Basilea Pharmaceutical International Ltd., Switzerland; and Dr. Gerd Zettlmeissl, self-employed consultant immunophrophylaxis/-therapy, Austria.
Prof. Horst Domdey, Chaiman of the Supervisory Board, commented: "We are delighted that Medigene was able to attract three new highly qualified personalities with excellent industry expertise for Medigene's Supervisory Board. We would like to warmly welcome them and look forward to our future cooperation."
Prof. Dolores Schendel, CEO and CSO of Medigene AG, adds: "The newly elected members of the Supervisory Board will support Medigene to further develop a leading role in the innovative field of immunotherapies with their significant experience in the development and commercialization of biopharmaceutical therapies and their outstanding knowledge of the pharma and capital markets. On behalf of the Board I thank the shareholders of Medigene AG for their vote of confidence."
The approval rates of the Annual General Meeting for proposed resolutions were between 90.6 and 99.9%.
For more information, please follow the link: http://www.medigene.com/investors-media/annual-general-meeting/2017/
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Medigene AG (FSE: MDG1, ISIN DE000A1X3W00, Prime Standard, TecDAX) is a publicly listed biotechnology company headquartered in Martinsried near Munich, Germany. The company is developing highly innovative immunotherapies to target various forms and stages of cancer. Medigene concentrates on the development of personalized T cell-based therapies, with associated projects currently in pre-clinical and clinical development.
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