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Appoints Dr. Corinne Le Goff as President and Chief Executive Officer
H. Tardugno appointed Executive Chairman of the Board
N.J., July 19, 2022 - Celsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLSN), a clinical-stage company focused on DNA-based immunotherapy and next-generation
vaccines, today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has appointed biopharmaceutical leader Corinne Le Goff, Pharm D,
MBA, as President and Chief Executive Officer and Director, effective July 18, 2022. Current President and CEO Michael H. Tardugno will
continue to serve as Executive Chairman of Celsion's Board of Directors.
Le Goff brings decades of global healthcare leadership experience to the Company across a range of therapeutic areas including oncology,
vaccines, immunology, CNS and cardio-metabolism. She brings a wealth of experience in developing and launching successful drugs from
her tenure at both large, pharmaceutical companies and small, innovative biotech companies.
behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire Celsion team, I would like to warmly welcome Corinne to Celsion," said Michael
H. Tardugno, Chairman of Celsion's Board of Directors. "She adds tremendous depth of knowledge and joins us at a key inflection
point in our evolution, as we work to rapidly advance our GEN-1 program for the treatment of advanced-stage ovarian cancer and build
a proprietary vaccine platform based on our PLACCINE technology. Corinne's skills and expertise in development and commercialization
of therapeutics in oncology and immunology make her uniquely qualified to lead us on the next stage of growth. We look forward to her
Corinne Le Goff stated, "I am thrilled and honored to join as President and CEO of Celsion at this pivotal point for the Company.
Celsion has an impressive portfolio of assets that address substantial unmet needs in the current vaccine and oncology landscapes. I
look forward to working together with my new colleagues and the Board to realize upon the tremendous opportunities and efficiently advance
these life-improving solutions for patients through clinical development, regulatory approval and commercialization."
to her Celsion appointment, Dr. Corinne Le Goff most recently served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Moderna, was responsible for
developing the global presence and capabilities necessary to ensure the global distribution of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. She
also led the development of the mRNA platform long-term commercial strategy. Dr. Le Goff joined Moderna from Amgen, where she served
as President of the U.S. Business, driving the growth strategy with increased contributions from Repatha and Aimovig . During
her nearly 6-year tenure at Amgen, she also served as Senior Vice President of Global Product Strategy & Commercial Innovation and
as President of the Europe Region overseeing 48 markets. Dr. Le Goff was actively engaged with the policy community and advocates for
innovative, high-quality and affordable healthcare. She represented Amgen as a member of the Healthcare Leadership Council. Prior to
joining Amgen, Dr. Le Goff held a number of senior international roles at Roche, including President of Roche France, a major affiliate
of the Roche Group, and Global Product Strategy Head of Neuroscience & Rare Diseases. Early in her career, Dr. Le Goff spent 11 years
in various leadership roles at Sanofi and Pfizer in the United States.
Le Goff is currently a Director of Acticor Biotech, of Longboard Pharmaceuticals and of EuroAPI. She also served on the Board of Directors
of CFAO, a trading company that operates in Africa, for 6 years until December 2020. Dr. Le Goff earned a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences
from Rene Descartes University in Paris and an MBA from Sorbonne University and INSEAD. She also holds qualifications from Northwestern
University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She received the distinction of being named a Chevalier de la L gion
d'Honneur in 2014. She holds a U.S. patent, and was recently recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the women over the age of
50 who are changing the world.
is a fully integrated, clinical stage biotechnology company focused on advancing a portfolio of innovative cancer treatments, including
immunotherapies and DNA-based therapies; and a platform for the development of nucleic acid vaccines currently focused on SARS-CoV2.
The company's product pipeline includes GEN-1, a DNA-based immunotherapy for the localized treatment of ovarian cancer. Celsion
also has two platform technologies for the development of novel nucleic acid-based immunotherapies and other anti-cancer DNA or RNA therapies.
Both are novel synthetic, non-viral vectors with demonstrated capability in nucleic acid cellular transfection. For more information
on Celsion, visit www.celsion.com.
wishes to inform readers that forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties including, without limitation, unforeseen changes in the course of research and development activities and in clinical
trials; the uncertainties of and difficulties in analyzing interim clinical data; the significant expense, time, and risk of failure
of conducting clinical trials; the need for Celsion to evaluate its future development plans; possible acquisitions or licenses of other
technologies, assets or businesses; possible actions by customers, suppliers, competitors, regulatory authorities; and other risks detailed
from time to time in Celsion's periodic reports and prospectuses filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Celsion assumes
no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events, new information or
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