WOBURN, Mass., Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Replimune Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:REPL), a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of a novel portfolio of oncolytic immunotherapies, today announced the appointment of Emily Hill as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Hill was most recently CFO of the commercial stage biotech company PTC Therapeutics and has more than 15 years of experience in the biotechnology and life sciences industry having held senior financial management and investor relations roles at several leading public biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

"Emily brings a wealth of financial planning and strategy experience to Replimune that will be impactful as we look to transition to a commercial stage company," said Philip Astley-Sparke, CEO of Replimune. "On behalf of the leadership team at Replimune, I would like to welcome Emily to the Company and we all look forward to working with her to realize our ambition of building a major skin cancer franchise."

"Replimune is on the cusp of major value inflection points with data from two potentially registrational trials anticipated in the coming months," commented Ms. Hill. "I'm looking forward to applying my expertise and experience to help Replimune continue its growth and make the transition from a clinical to commercial stage company."

Prior to joining Replimune, Emily held numerous positions at PTC Therapeutics where she headed up Investor Relations before becoming the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Emily was heavily involved in PTC's evolution from a development stage company to a five product company generating revenues approaching $1billion. Prior to PTC Therapeutics, Emily was Director of Investor Relations at Warner Chilcott where she was responsible for leading the function until the Company was acquired by Actavis for approximately $8.5 billion. Additionally, Ms. Hill was Senior Manager of Investor Relations at Genzyme Corporation. Prior to Genzyme, Emily was a Biotech Equity Research Associate at Summer Street Partners. Ms. Hill has an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Fordham University, a Masters of Science in Pharmacology from Tufts University School of Biomedical Research, and a BA from Hamilton College.

About Replimune

Replimune Group, Inc., headquartered in Woburn, MA, was founded in 2015 with the mission to transform cancer treatment by pioneering the development of novel oncolytic immunotherapies. Replimune's proprietary RPx platform is based on a potent HSV-1 backbone with added payloads intended to maximize immunogenic cell death and the induction of a systemic anti-tumor immune response. The RPx platform is intended to provide a unique dual local and systemic mechanism of action consisting of direct selective virus-mediated killing of the tumor resulting in the release of tumor derived antigens and altering of the tumor microenvironment to ignite a strong and durable systemic response. This MOA is expected to be synergistic with most established and experimental cancer treatment modalities, and, with an attractive safety profile the RPx platform has the versatility to be developed alone or combined with a variety of other treatment options. For more information, please visit www.replimune.com.

Forward Looking Statements

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