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Selected as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of vTv Therapeutics
HIGH POINT, N.C., February 1, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- vTv Therapeutics
Inc. (Nasdaq: VTVT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of orally administered treatments for type
1 diabetes (T1D), today announced the appointment of Elizabeth (Betzy) Keiley as Executive Vice President and General Counsel, effective
"We welcome Betzy to vTv. Her
years of legal expertise and deep experience in life sciences will be valuable to the vTv team," said Paul Sekhri, President and
Chief Executive Officer of vTv Therapeutics. "Her decades of experience in both private practice and corporate settings make her
an ideal fit for this position. I am confident that we will benefit from her contributions and look forward to working closely with her
as we move ahead toward our long-term capital funding goals and launching our phase 3 clinical trials."
Ms. Keiley is an accomplished life science industry attorney who has served
in multiple senior-level legal positions at publicly traded biotechnology, diagnostic and medical device companies. She joins vTv from
Entasis Therapeutics Holdings Inc., where she served as General Counsel. Prior to Entasis, she was Senior Vice President, General Counsel
at Oxford Immunotec, where she simultaneously served for seven years as Chief Compliance Officer, and was Assistant General Counsel, Americas,
of Zimmer, Inc., a subsidiary of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Before beginning her corporate career in 2008, Ms. Keiley was a partner at Wildman,
Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP in Chicago, Illinois, where she focused on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters for clients
in a variety of industries, including medical devices. Ms. Keiley earned her bachelor's degree in Psychology and Philosophy from
Boston College and a J.D. from Loyola University School of Law.
"With the upcoming initiation
of our pivotal studies of TTP399, the company is approaching a key inflection point with the potential to become a commercial organization
in the coming years," added Ms. Keiley. "I am eager to put my skills and expertise to work as we continue to advance the development
of TTP399 toward our ultimate goal of changing the treatment paradigm for patients with T1D."
About vTv Therapeutics
vTv Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical stage
biopharmaceutical company focused on developing oral, small molecule drug candidates. vTv has a pipeline of clinical drug candidates
led by programs for the treatment of type 1 diabetes and cystic fibrosis related diabetes. vTv's development partners are pursuing
additional indications in type 2 diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, renal disease, primary mitochondrial myopathy, and
pancreatic cancer. For more information, please visit www.vtvtherapeutics.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
The statements made in this
release may include forward-looking statements regarding (i) diabetes market and other markets, (ii) the development and clinical trial
process, regulatory approval process and attributes of investigational and marketed products to treat these diseases and other conditions,
and (iii) the future operations, fund-raising activities, expenditures, opportunities and financial performance of vTv Therapeutics Inc.
forward-looking statements are only estimates based upon the information available to vTv Therapeutics Inc. (or the party preparing such
forward-looking statements) as of the date of this release. The forward-looking statements included herein involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties and other important factors such that actual future operations, opportunities, product development processes
and outcomes, clinical trial processes and outcomes, regulatory approval processes and outcomes, economic performance of products, fund-raising
activities and financial performance may differ materially from those set forth in or implied in these forward-looking statements. These
risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which may not be within our control, are discussed in more detail in our quarterly and annual
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"Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations." Therefore, you should read this release in conjunction with such meaningful cautionary statements.
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All forward-looking statements contained herein are qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements.
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securities of vTv Therapeutics Inc. or any of its subsidiaries.
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Selina Husain / Robert Flamm, Ph.D.
Burns McClellan, Inc.