Exhibit 99.1
FIBROGEN APPOINTS SUZANNE BLAUG TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5, 2019 — FibroGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: FGEN), a leading biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing a pipeline offirst-in-class therapeutics, today announced the appointment of Suzanne Blaug as an independent director to FibroGen’s Board of Directors.
“Suzanne Blaug joins the FibroGen Board of Directors at a key time for the company. Her experience in commercial strategy and management and bringing new biopharmaceutical products to market in numerous therapeutic areas globally will be an invaluable asset as we and our partners advance roxadustat towards regulatory milestones and commercialization in the U.S. and international markets, and as our pamrevlumab program enters Phase 3 clinical development in multiple therapeutic areas,” said Thomas B. Neff, Chief Executive Officer.
“I am excited to join FibroGen’s Board as the company prepares for critical next steps in the regulatory and commercial development of roxadustat for the treatment of anemia associated with CKD and in other important applications in the treatment of anemia. I am also quite impressed by the breadth of development opportunities for FibroGen’s lead anti-fibrosis therapeutic, which has demonstrated promising potential in several disease applications,” Ms. Blaug added. “I look forward to working with Tom Neff and the entire Board of Directors in growing value for shareholders and advancing these innovative therapeutics to patients.”
Suzanne Blaug has more than 30 years of strategic and commercial experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. She has successfully brought new drugs to market at the global, regional, and local country levels in multiple therapeutic areas including Oncology, Cardiovascular, Immunology, Nephrology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, and Psychiatry. Ms. Blaug most recently served as Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and Commercial Development at Amgen Inc. from 2012 to 2018. From 2004 until 2012, she was at Johnson & Johnson, where she held several positions including Head of Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy, Vice President Strategic Marketing and New Business Development at Janssen Europe, and Area Managing Director—UK, Italy, and Greece. Ms. Blaug started her career at Bristol-Myers Squibb in 1983, where she held numerous marketing, strategic, and general management positions in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Ms. Blaug is currently a senior advisor at McKinsey & Company, and she serves on the Healthcare at Kellogg Advisory Council at Northwestern University, as well as the Center for the Business of Healthcare Corporate Advisory Board at the University of North Carolina. Ms. Blaug received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
About FibroGen
FibroGen, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, with subsidiary offices in Beijing and Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, is a leading biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing a pipeline offirst-in-class therapeutics. The company applies its pioneering expertise in hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) biology, and clinical development to advance innovative medicines
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