Arbutus Biopharma welcomes Dr Frank Torti to its Board of Directors as Chairman

– USA, PA – Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Nasdaq:ABUS), an industry-leading Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) therapeutic solutions company, today announced that Dr. Frank Torti has been appointed as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective November 26, 2018.

“We are pleased to welcome Frank to our Board,” said Dr. Mark J Murray, President and CEO of Arbutus. “Frank has a strong biomedical background and extensive experience leading successful biopharmaceutical companies, and we look forward to his guidance as we prepare for multiple clinical data readouts from our HBV capsid inhibitor and HBsAg reducing therapeutic agents in 2019.”

About Dr Frank Torti

For much of his career, Dr. Torti was a partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a leading venture capital firm. At NEA, Dr. Torti managed early and growth-stage investments in numerous healthcare companies developing and commercializing new drugs and medical devices. Dr. Torti has served as a director at Neotract Inc., Galera Therapeutics Inc., Tarveda Therapeutics Inc., Annexion Biosciences and XOC Pharmaceuticals Inc., amongst others. Before NEA, Dr. Torti was a researcher at the Duke University Center for Clinical & Genetic Economics where he was involved in clinical trial research and economic evaluations of multinational clinical trials. Dr. Torti received his M.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and his M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School.

In August 2018, Dr. Torti became the Vant Investment Chair for Roivant Pharma, a division of Roivant Sciences. In that capacity he serves on the boards of Myovant Sciences, Urovant Sciences, Axovant Sciences, and other private companies in the Roivant family. Dr. Torti replaces Vivek Ramaswamy, Founder and CEO of Roivant Sciences, as Chairman of the Arbutus Board of Directors. Mr. Ramaswamy has resigned from the Arbutus Board concurrently with Dr. Torti’s appointment, to focus on strategic and operational growth at Roivant.

About Arbutus

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation is a publicly-traded (Nasdaq:ABUS) biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and commercializing a cure for patients suffering from chronic Hepatitis B infection. Arbutus is developing multiple drug candidates, each of which have the potential to improve upon the standard of care and contribute to a curative combination regimen.

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