Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced the appointment of Neal Fowler and Don DeGolyer to its Board of Directors effective October 1, 2023, with initial terms expiring at Emergent?s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Both joined as independent directors and bring more than 70 years of combined biopharmaceutical industry and sales experience. Mr. Fowler will serve on the Audit and Finance Committee, and Mr. DeGolyer will serve on the Compensation Committee.

Mr. Fowler is the Chief Executive Officer of Pathalys Pharma Inc. He previously served as CEO of Liquidia Corporation. While at Liquidia, Mr. Fowler also co-founded and served as CEO of Envisia Therapeutics (acquired). Prior to Liquidia, Mr. Fowler worked for seven years with Johnson and Johnson, serving as President of Centocor Inc. and President of Ortho-McNeil Neurologics.

He started his career with Eli Lilly and Company, working for thirteen years in a variety of sales, marketing and business development roles in both the pharmaceutical and medical device divisions. Mr. Fowler is the current chair of NCBIO and a past chair of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Foundation. Mr. Fowler earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy and Master of Business Administration both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mr. DeGolyer: With over 35 years of healthcare and corporate leadership experience, Mr. DeGolyer was most recently the Founder and Director of Vertice Pharma from 2015 until the company?s sale in 2022. Prior to Vertice, he was Chief Operating Officer of Endo International from 2013-2015. Between 2009 and 2013, he served on the Executive Committee of Sandoz AG as CEO, Sandoz Inc., where he was responsible for leading over 3,000 associates in North America.

Mr. DeGolyer started his career with Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Novartis in commercial roles of increasing responsibility. He previously served on the Board of HLS Therapeutics (commercial stage CV/CNS company) and TYME Technologies (development stage cancer company), both publicly traded companies, where he was also Chairman of the Compensation Committees. He also serves on several non-profit boards including Make-a-Wish-NJ and The Strong Women Foundation.

Mr. DeGolyer received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester and earned a Master of Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University.