ANI Announces Appointment of Karen Quinn Ph.D as Vice President Corticotropin Regulatory Affairs

BAUDETTE, Minn., Jan. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("ANI") ANIP today announced the appointment of Karen Quinn Ph.D as Vice President Corticotropin Regulatory Affairs, effective January 17, 2017. 

Karen Quinn is a professional with over 30 years of leadership experience in Global Regulatory Affairs, specifically with a focus on drug products with biologically-derived active pharmaceutical ingredients.  Dr. Quinn worked most recently with Takeda Pharmaceuticals International as Senior Director, Global Regulatory Affairs/CMC and Head of the Biologics Group.  Dr. Quinn has also held various global regulatory affairs positions with The Dow Chemical Company, Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Millennium Pharmaceuticals.

Arthur S. Przybyl, ANI's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "I am pleased that Karen has joined ANI to help lead the advancement of our most exciting pipeline opportunity, which is the re-commercialization of our Corticotrophin NDAs.  ANI intends to continue to expand resources devoted to this project as we enter what is going to be a very important year for development of our Corticotropin products."

Mark Ginski, ANI's Vice President of Corticotropin Product Development, stated, "I am confident that Karen's highly relevant regulatory affairs experience will bring valuable insight to the Corticotropin project. More specifically, Karen has led regulatory efforts that resulted in the successful FDA approval for an older biologically-derived drug product when it was demonstrated that it met updated FDA requirements for effectiveness, safety and manufacturing consistency."  

About ANI

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company" or "ANI") is an integrated specialty pharmaceutical company developing, manufacturing, and marketing branded and generic prescription pharmaceuticals. The Company's targeted areas of product development currently include narcotics, oncolytics (anti-cancers), hormones and steroids, and complex formulations involving extended release and combination products. For more information, please visit our website www.anipharmaceuticals.com.

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