WEST CHESTER, Pa., Jan. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Verrica”) (Nasdaq: VRCA), a pharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing innovative pharmaceutical products for the treatment of skin diseases with significant unmet needs, today announced the appointment of Neil D. DeHenes as Vice President of Distribution, Trade and Channel Strategy.
“We are delighted to welcome Neil to our team and look forward to leveraging his deep industry experience as the company prepares for the potential launch of VP-102 for molluscum contagiosum,” commented Ted White, President and Chief Executive Officer of Verrica. “Neil’s acumen in distribution, patient services, payer strategy, and government programs will be a key asset in developing a comprehensive commercial launch model.”
Mr. DeHenes brings to Verrica extensive experience in end-to-end commercialization support across the design, evaluation, implementation, and execution of channel strategy, patient services, co-pay offerings, third party logistics, and government program operations. He was the Life Sciences Commercial Strategy Lead at Deloitte Advisory where he provided executive oversight and supervision on all commercial strategy engagements within Deloitte’s Life Science and Healthcare sector. Prior to Deloitte, Mr. DeHenes worked at Cardinal Health for over ten years where most recently he was the National Director of Sales Management. Mr. DeHenes received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Indiana University, Kelley School of Business.
About Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Verrica is a pharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing innovative pharmaceutical products for the treatment of skin diseases with significant unmet needs. The company is currently advancing its lead product VP-102, a proprietary topical drug device combination therapy containing a novel topical solution of 0.7% cantharidin for the treatment of molluscum contagiosum and verruca vulgaris (common warts). Verrica is also currently evaluating and prioritizing other potential indications for VP-102 and the company’s proprietary topical solutions of cantharidin. Verrica is headquartered in West Chester, PA. For more information, please visit www.verrica.com.
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