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Appointment of Director of Business Development
Appointment of Director of Business Development.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 8878F OptiBiotix Health PLC 02 August 2016 \n\nOptiBiotix Health plc\n(\"OptiBiotix\" or the \"Company\")\n \nAppointment of Director of Business Development\n \nOptiBiotix Health plc (AIM: OPTI), a life sciences business developing compounds to tackle obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes and skin care, announces the appointment of Luis Gosalbez as Director of Business Development, effective immediately. Luis will join the senior management team and whilst this is not the main board (PLC), Luis may take on a board position within OptiBiotix's divisional structure as these develop into separate legal entities, as announced in OptiBiotix's strategy update on 5 July 2016. \n \nLuis brings a strong scientific background, an understanding of the microbiome and expertise in consumer healthcare, probiotics and the development of novel Live Biotherapeutic Products. Luis's scientific research interests include publications and presentations on the 'Use of probiotics and prebiotics in the management of obesity', 'Food and Pharma - coming closer together' and 'Key regulatory issues for the development of pharmabiotics in Europe'.\n \nLuis is multilingual having worked at various times in Germany, Spain, and South Korea as a researcher, analyst, and as a director of strategic projects exploring opportunities in consumer healthcare, the microbiome, and biotherapeutics. His experience of the Asian market will help enhance our understanding and capability to support wider internationalisation of products and create new joint development opportunities. He has a degree in biology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain and an MPhil. from the University of Cambridge. \n \nStephen O'Hara, CEO of OptiBiotix, commented: \"Luis's scientific and commercial experience in the microbiome space across food, biotech, and pharma provides additional breadth and capability to help capitalise on the growing number of microbiome opportunities. His multilingual skills and experience in working in overseas markets, particularly Asia, will help enhance our access to these markets and support commercialisation of our pipeline of opportunities. Luis's skills in managing multiple projects brings additional capacity to manage the increasing number of product development agree...