CARY, N.C., April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. , a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing significant products primarily for the respiratory market, today announced the resignation of Chenyqua Baldwin, Vice President, Finance, and Chief Accounting Officer. The Company has already begun a search for a successor.
"I would like to thank Chenyqua for her significant contributions to Cornerstone over the past five years," said Craig A. Collard, Cornerstone's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Chenyqua has been an integral part of the growth of the Company to date and we wish her success as she moves on to new challenges."
About Cornerstone Therapeutics
Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. , headquartered in Cary, N.C., is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing products primarily for the respiratory and related markets. The Company currently promotes multiple marketed products in the United States to respiratory-focused physicians and key retail pharmacies with its specialty sales force. The Company also has a late-stage clinical pipeline with five regulatory approval submissions targeted within the next three years. Key elements of the Company's strategy are to in-license or acquire rights to underpromoted, patent-protected, branded respiratory or related pharmaceutical products, or late-stage product candidates; implement life cycle management strategies to maximize the potential value and competitive position of the Company's currently marketed products, newly acquired products and product candidates that are currently in development; grow product revenue through the Company's specialty sales force which is focused on the respiratory and related markets; and maintain and strengthen the intellectual property position of the Company's currently marketed products, newly acquired products and product candidates.
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ZYFLO CR(R) is a trademark of Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc.
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