AxoGen, Inc. Chief Marketing Officer Named CEO of Privately-held Life Sciences Company
Plan in Place to Continue Driving Adoption of AxoGen Product Lines
ALACHUA, FL- June 19, 2015 – AxoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a leading medical technology company focused on restoring quality of life through nerve repair, announced today that its Chief Marketing Officer, Jill Schiaparelli, has resigned from the Company, effective July 10, 2015, to become the President and CEO of a privately-held life sciences company. Ms. Schiaparelli joined AxoGen in February 2012.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to be a member of the AxoGen leadership team and I am proud of the thousands of patients with nerve injuries that we have been able to help,” offered Ms. Schiaparelli.
“We appreciate Jill’s contributions to AxoGen’s emergence as a market leader in nerve repair. Her ability to move into a new position as President and CEO speaks to the high-caliber of people AxoGen has attracted and we wish Jill all the best in her new endeavors,” said Karen Zaderej, President and CEO of AxoGen. “We have initiated a search for a replacement and are continuing with execution of the marketing programs that are driving adoption of AxoGen’s products.”
About AxoGen, Inc.
AxoGen (NASDAQ: AXGN) is a leading medical technology company dedicated to peripheral nerve repair. AxoGen’s portfolio of regenerative medicine products is available in the United States, Canada and several other countries and includes Avance® Nerve Graft, an off-the-shelf processed human nerve allograft for bridging severed nerves without the comorbidities associated with a second surgical site, AxoGuard® Nerve Connector, a porcine submucosa extracellular matrix (“ECM”) coaptation aid for tensionless repair of severed nerves, and AxoGuard® Nerve Protector, a porcine submucosa ECM product used to wrap and protect injured peripheral nerves and reinforce the nerve reconstruction while preventing soft tissue attachments.
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386.462.6856
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Released June 19, 2015