BioSpecifics Appoints Mike Sherman and Corey Fishman to Board of Directors

WILMINGTON, Del., April 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: BSTC), a biopharmaceutical company that originated and continues to develop collagenase-based therapies with a first in class collagenase-based product marketed as XIAFLEX^® in North America, today announced that its Board of Directors appointed Mike Sherman and Corey Fishman to serve as Independent Directors, effective immediately. Mike Sherman and Corey Fishman will both join the Board's Audit Committee, with Mr. Sherman serving as an "audit committee financial expert." Corey Fishman will also join the Intellectual Property Committee.

"Mike and Corey both bring tremendous operational and functional insight, as well as industry and business acumen, to the BioSpecifics Board of Directors and we are so pleased to have them join us as we continue to unlock value creating opportunities for the CCH portfolio of commercial and pipeline assets, and as we identify external strategic opportunities. We believe our newest members will make significant contributions to the future outlook of the Company," said Jennifer Chao, Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Mike Sherman is currently Chief Executive Officer of Chimerix, Inc. Before joining the Chimerix in 2019, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Endocyte, Inc. prior to its $2.1 billion acquisition by Novartis in 2018. Mr. Sherman repositioned the company by re-prioritizing the pipeline, acquiring an external asset for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, and aggressively executing a Phase 3 regulatory and clinical strategy. He joined the company in 2006 as Chief Financial Officer, was named Chief Operating Officer in 2014 and was instrumental in Endocyte's initial public offering and four subsequent financings. Prior to joining Endocyte, Mr. Sherman served in various executive roles at Guidant Corporation, a cardiovascular device manufacturer acquired by Boston Scientific Corporation. These roles covered a breadth of functional areas including strategic planning, commercial operations in the US and Europe, and business development. Mr. Sherman holds a B.A. in economics from DePauw University and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, graduating as a Tuck Scholar. Mr. Sherman currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. He also served on the Board of Directors at Mead Johnson Nutrition until the company's acquisition by Reckitt Benckiser.

Corey Fishman has served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Iterum Therapeutics plc, a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company, since he founded the company in 2015. From 2010 to 2015, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Durata Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, where he managed a successful initial public offering and secondary offering, and led the negotiation and sale of Durata to Actavis plc. Prior to Durata, Mr. Fishman served as Chief Financial Officer of Ganic Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, and served in several other leadership roles, including Chief Financial Officer, at Meda Pharmaceuticals, formerly MedPointe. Mr. Fishman holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana‑Champaign and an M.S.M. in Finance from Purdue University. Mr. Fishman currently serves as Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Momenta Pharmaceutics, Inc.

About BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. (BioSpecifics) is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company. The company discovered and developed a proprietary form of injectable collagenase (CCH) which is currently marketed by BioSpecifics' partner, Endo International plc (Endo), as XIAFLEX^® in North America for the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture and Peyronie's disease. Endo expects a commercial approval in the second half of 2020 for a third CCH indication, cellulite, subject to U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. The CCH research and development pipeline includes several additional potential indications; adhesive capsulitis, plantar fibromatosis and uterine fibroids. For more information, please visit www.biospecifics.com.

Forward-Looking Statements 
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