Boston Therapeutics Names Jonathan B.Rome Chief Operating Officer
November 13, 2012 08:15 ET
Boston Therapeutics Names Jonathan B.Rome Chief Operating Officer
Former CEO of ThePharmaNetwork and Ascend Laboratories to Accelerate Commercialization of SUGARDOWN® and Filing an ANDA for BTI-7
MANCHESTER, NH--(Marketwire - Nov 13, 2012) - Boston Therapeutics, Inc. (
"Jonathan Rome has more than 30 years' experience and success in the sales, marketing and distribution of pharmaceutical products and developing collaborations around the world," said David Platt, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Boston Therapeutics, Inc. "Jonathan is an excellent choice to commercialize SUGARDOWN® and to lead the filing of an ANDA to market BTI-7."
"I am excited about joining Boston Therapeutics," said Jonathan Rome. "The elements for success are here: excellent complex carbohydrate chemistry, products to address unmet medical needs in a very large diabetes market worldwide and a talented and dedicated team. I am confident we can be successful and take the Company to the next level."
SUGARDOWN® is a non-systemic chewable complex carbohydrate dietary supplement tablet designed to control post-meal blood glucose. According to market analysts, metformin is the most widely prescribed diabetes drug in the world with yearly sales of approximately $1.8 billion. In the U.S. alone, approximately 50 million prescriptions for metformin were filled in 2010.
Mr. Rome was the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of ThePharmaNetwork, LLC which was focused on pharmaceutical portfolio development, licensing, sales, marketing and distribution of pharmaceuticals and APIs as well as sales, marketing and distribution of finished products under the Ascend Laboratories, LLC label to all major U.S. customers; a Founder of Beijing-based AlliancePharm LLC; a Founder of Shanghai-based TPN China, Inc.; and a Founder of Rome, Italy-based TPN Italia. Mr. Rome specializes in collaborations, global supply chain, sales and marketing, licensing and has extensive outsourcing experience through a high quality network spanning five continents.
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