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Verrica Pharmaceuticals Appoints Eugene Scavola to the Position of Executive Vice President, Technical Operations
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Oct. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Verrica”) (Nasdaq: VRCA), a medical dermatology company committed to the
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[{"type":"text","content":"WEST CHESTER, Pa., Oct. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Verrica”) (Nasdaq: VRCA), a medical dermatology company committed to the development and commercialization of novel treatments that provide meaningful benefit for people living with skin diseases, today announced it has appointed Eugene Scavola to the role of Executive Vice President, Technical Operations.\n An accomplished life sciences industry veteran, Mr. Scavola will spearhead Verrica’s Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) functions. In this capacity, he will lead operational and technical aspects of product development, contract manufacturing, and analytical development activities for all Verrica product candidates. “As we advance our lead product candidate, VP-102, CMC becomes an increasingly critical aspect of our overall operations,” said Ted White, President and Chief Executive Officer of Verrica. “We are extremely pleased to have an industry leader like Eugene Scavola overseeing a myriad of aspects of our product development and contract manufacturing, and we are confident in his ability to bring new innovations and increased efficiencies to our technical operations.” Mr. Scavola has more than 25 years of measurable successes spearheading the establishment of supply chain infrastructure, managing production processes, and overseeing various operational functions across a broad range of consumer healthcare, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology entities. Prior to joining Verrica, Mr. Scavola was a Managing Partner at PBM Capital Group. In this capacity, he led product development and supply chain functions, as well as organizational restructuring and FDA interactions for a wide range of life science portfolio companies transitioning to standalone entities. In a previous role, Mr. Scavola spent over 15 years, and held a number of leadership positions, with Wyeth/Pfizer at several of its key sites. These roles, of increasing and varying responsibilities, encompassed manufacturing site operations, business systems development and implementation, facilities infrastructure construction project management, and key strategic operational project leadership. During this time, Mr. Scavola was also responsible for the design and implementation of several enterprise-wide manufacturing and automation interface systems. In the role of Primary Proce...