Edge Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:EDGE) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Albert N. Marchio II, Chief Accounting and Administrative Officer of Edge Therapeutics, Inc. (“Edge”), became Edge’s Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis, effective March 10, 2017. In addition, Andrew J. Einhorn, previously Edge’s Chief Financial Officer, left Edge effective March 10, 2017 to pursue other interests. Mr. Marchio will also continue to serve as Edge’s Chief Accounting and Administrative Officer.

Mr. Marchio has served as Edge’s Chief Accounting and Administrative Officer since October 2016 and as Edge’s Chief Accounting and Operations Officer from March 2014 through October 2016. Prior to March 2014, Mr. Marchio served as Edge’s Chief Financial Officer from December 2011 through March 2014. Mr. Marchio has nearly 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining Edge, Mr. Marchio was a Managing Operating Partner with Three Fields Capital, a multi-strategy healthcare focused investment firm and provided consulting services to life science companies through Rockabye Valley Consulting from January 2009 to May 2013. Previously, Mr. Marchio served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Informed Medical Communications from February 2008 to October 2009, and as the Vice President, Treasurer of MedPointe Pharmaceuticals from 2006 to January 2008. He began his career in life sciences as the Vice President, Treasurer of Alpharma, Inc. from 1992 to 2005. Mr. Marchio holds a B.A. in Economics from Muhlenberg College, an M.B.A. in Professional Accounting from Rutgers Graduate School of Business and a Post-M.B.A. Certificate in Taxation from Bernard Baruch College of the City University of New York.

About Edge Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:EDGE)
Edge Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that discovers, develops and seeks to commercialize, hospital-based therapies capable of transforming treatment paradigms in the management of life-threatening neurological and other conditions. Edge is evaluating EG-1962, its lead product candidate, in the Phase 3 NEWTON 2 study in adult patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). This study will evaluate EG-1962’s ability to improve patient outcomes versus standard of care oral nimodipine after an aSAH resulting from a ruptured brain aneurysm. Edge’s product candidates utilize Precisa, a platform with a approach that seeks to enable targeted and sustained drug exposure at the site of injury, while potentially avoiding off-target side effects associated with systemic delivery. Edge is also using its Precisa development platform to develop additional product candidates targeting other acute, serious conditions where limited or no current therapies exist. Edge Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:EDGE) Recent Trading Information
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