Open Orphan plc announced the appointment to the board of David Kelly as an Independent Non-Executive Director. David has extensive orphan drug company experience both in Europe and in the USA. He was Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Ireland at Horizon Therapeutics plc, a biopharmaceutical company listed on Nasdaq and headquartered in Dublin. David has an excellent combination of experience having worked in larger product focussed pharmaceutical companies and also in turning around smaller pharmaceutical companies. For example, he and his colleagues transformed AGI Therapeutics before selling it to Vidara Therapeutics which in turn was acquired by Horizon Therapeutics plc, a company with a current market capitalisation of $4.5 billion. David also served as Senior Vice President of Warner Chilcott, a fully integrated specialty pharmaceutical company. While at Warner Chilcott, he led the company's successful IPO on Nasdaq. In addition, David also held roles in Elan Corporation and KPMG. With David joining the Board and following the completion of the Company's acquisition of Open Orphan DAC, Tony Richardson has stepped down from the Board with effect from today. The Company would like to thank him for his service as a Director.