LONDON, May 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verona Pharma plc (AIM: VRP) (Nasdaq: VRNA) (“Verona Pharma”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on respiratory diseases, announces that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed.
About Verona Pharma plc
Verona Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases with significant unmet medical needs. Verona Pharma’s product candidate, ensifentrine (RPL554), is a first-in-class, inhaled, dual inhibitor of the enzymes phosphodiesterase 3 and 4 that has been shown to act as both a bronchodilator and an anti-inflammatory agent in a single compound. Ensifentrine is currently in Phase 2b clinical development for the maintenance treatment of COPD and is planned to enter Phase 3 trials for this indication in 2020. Verona Pharma may also develop ensifentrine for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and asthma.
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| Verona Pharma plc | Tel: +44 (0)20 3283 4200 |
| Jan-Anders Karlsson, Chief Executive Officer | info@veronapharma.com |
| Victoria Stewart, Director of Communications | |
| N+1 Singer (Nominated Adviser and UK Broker) Aubrey Powell /Jen Boorer /Iqra Amin (Corporate Finance) Brough Ransom /Mia Gardner (Corporate Broking) | Tel: +44 (0)20 3283 4200 |
| Optimum Strategic Communications (European Media and Investor enquiries) | Tel: +44 (0) 203 922 0891 verona@optimumcomms.com |
| Mary Clark, Anne Marieke Ezendam, Hollie Vile |