[ARCHIVE] Rexahn Pharmaceuticals appoints Rick Rodgers to its Board of Directors

– USA, MD – Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT:RNN), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing best-in-class therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, announced today the appointment of Richard Rodgers to the company’s Board of Directors.

“We are very pleased to have Rick join Rexahn’s Board of Directors,” stated Peter D. Suzdak, Ph.D., Rexahn’s Chief Executive Officer. “Rick brings deep experience in financial management of oncology-focused development companies, in and out-licensing deals, as well as mergers and acquisitions with big-pharma.”

Chang Ahn, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rexahn added, “Rick’s experience in managing oncology-focused biopharmaceutical companies spans the corporate life cycle from start-up, to building multi-billion valuations, to acquisition. We look forward to benefitting from his experience.”

Mr. Rodgers was most recently Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of TESARO, an oncology focused biopharmaceutical company which he co-founded, from March 2010 until August 2013. He previously served as the Chief Financial Officer from June 2009 to February 2010 of Abraxis BioScience, which was subsequently acquired by Celgene. Prior to that, Mr. Rodgers served as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of MGI PHARMA, from 2004 until its acquisition by Eisai, in January 2008. He has held finance and accounting positions at several private and public companies, including Arthur Andersen.  Mr. Rodgers also serves as a director for Ardelyx, Inc. Mr. Rodgers received a B.S. in Financial Accounting from St. Cloud State University and his MBA in Finance from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Business.

About Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing best-in-class therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. Rexahn currently has three clinical stage oncology candidates, Archexin®, RX-3117 and SupinoxinTM (RX-5902) and a robust pipeline of preclinical compounds to treat multiple types of cancer. Rexahn has also developed proprietary drug discovery platform technologies in the areas of Nano-Polymer-Drug Conjugate Systems (NPDCS), nano-medicines, 3D-GOLD, and TIMES.

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