Devonian Health Group welcomes David Baker, Edouard Dahl, and Jean Forcione to its Board as Independent Directors

– CANADA, Quebec City – Devonian Health Group Inc. (TSX: GSD | OTC: DVHGF), a clinical late-stage botanical pharmaceutical corporation, focused on developing a unique portfolio of botanical pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical products, today announced the appointments of David Baker, Edouard Dahl, and Jean Forcione to its Board as Independent Directors.

“We are very pleased to welcome these new board members and are looking forward to their active participation in the growth of our company,’’ said CEO, Pierre Montanaro.

About David Baker

David is a biotech executive and industry veteran, with over 30 years of experience, in large, mid-size, small, and start-up biopharmaceutical companies. Foundational experience in marketing including the commercialization of five different billion-dollar prescription drug brands in three different therapeutical categories. Broad experience in leadership roles and global general management with specific experience in strategy development/execution, fundraising, investor relations, commercialization, business development/licensing, clinical development, regulatory, manufacturing, and general business operations. Proven track record building, leading, and developing teams. Extensive experience serving on public and private company and non-profit boards.

Mr. Baker most recently served as President & CEO of Vallon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VLON), a company he co-founded in 2018 and took public in 2021, before leading the company through a successful reverse merger in 2023. At Vallon, he built the management team, raised over $30 million, advanced a lead asset from the pre-clinical stage to the late stages of clinical development, and secured a European partnership.

Previously, he was CCO and interim CEO of Alcobra Ltd., a CNS specialty pharmaceutical company where he led the merger with Arcturus Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ARCT). Before Alcobra, he worked at Shire Plc for 10 years as VP of Commercial Strategy and New Business in the Neuroscience Business Unit, Global General Manager for Vyvanse®, and VP of ADHD Marketing. He led the commercialization of Adderall XR® and Vyvanse, the two most successful ADHD brands based on annual revenue.

Before Shire, he worked at Merck & Co. for over a decade in marketing, sales, market research, and business development. Mr. Baker’s therapeutic expertise includes ADHD, autism, Fragile X Syndrome, osteoporosis, migraine, and hyperlipidemia.

About Edouard Dahl

Ed Dahl is a retired pharmaceutical executive with over 30 years of highly diversified business experience in three different industries: industrial lighting (GTE Sylvania) consumer packaged goods (Gillette), and pharmaceuticals (Nordic, Marion Merrell Dow, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Aventis, Sanofi, and Dermik Labs). His experience at Dermik Labs, a Dermatology company will be especially valuable to Devonian. As GM of the company, he helped grow the Canadian business, quadrupling sales in just 5 years. As Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Sanofi Canada he completed a $50 million skin care transaction. When retired, he consulted various institutional and private clients in business evaluations. Ed holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University in Montreal with a major in economics (1979). In addition, Ed was previously a Chartered Professional Accountant and held a Certification in Production and Inventory Control.

About Jean Forcione

Jean Forcione’s 35-year career has been devoted to the healthcare industry, spanning prescription pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare, diagnostics, and medical devices.

Jean has held senior executive and board positions at both privately held and publicly traded organizations, including Aventis, Pharmacia, Pfizer, Johnson &Johnson, Phadia, Thermo Fisher Scientific, BBI Group, and Orion Biotechnology.

Jean’s focus and expertise revolve around general management, commercialization, and M&A. Geographically, he has worked and been responsible for businesses around the globe. In the past 14 years, he has been focused on Private Equity backed businesses, first as an investor/executive and in the last 8 years as an investor, non-executive director, and chairman. During this period, Jean has been closely involved with exits totaling 2.9B € in EV.

Mr. Forcione has a proven track record of building high-performance teams and delivering outstanding value creation for shareholders.

About Devonian

Devonian Health Group Inc. is a late-stage botanical pharmaceutical corporation with novel therapeutic approaches to targeting unmet medical needs. Devonian’s core strategy is to develop prescription botanical drugs from plant materials and algae for the treatment of inflammatory-autoimmune diseases including but not limited to ulcerative colitis and atopic dermatitis. Based on a foundation of over 15 years of research, Devonian’s focus is further supported by a US-FDA set of regulatory guidelines favoring a more efficient drug development pathway for prescription botanical drug products over those of traditional prescription medicines.

Devonian is also involved in the development of high-value cosmeceutical products leveraging the same proprietary approach employed with their pharmaceutical offerings.

For more information: https://groupedevonian.com/

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