Company: EDSA
Filing Date: 2025-12-12
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001171843-25-007914
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Company: Edesa Biotech, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-12
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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ographies and Qualifications

The biographies of our directors and certain information regarding each director’s experience, attributes, skills and/or qualifications that led to the conclusion that the director should be serving as a director of our Company are as follows:

Joan Chypyha has more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry including executive and operational positions in business development, sales and marketing, and general management. She is the President of Alto Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology, women's health and elder care, which she founded in 2009. Alto is also a major shareholder in Pepper and Pink Inc., a manufacturer of brand and private label personal care products for major retailers in Canada. From July 2015 to June 2017, she was the President of Cipher Pharmaceuticals, Inc., having previously served as Vice President of Marketing and Sales. Ms. Chypyha’s professional career also includes executive positions at Rhei Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Barrier Therapeutics Canada, Inc., following sixteen years at Hoffman-La Roche, where she held progressively senior positions. Since February 2018, she has served as a director and a member of the audit committee of Ovation Science Inc., a research and development company that develops topical and transdermal consumer products. She is a past advisory board member of Up Cannabis Inc (from August 2017 to January 2019). Ms. Chypyha currently served as the President of the Canadian Dermatology Industry Association, from 2015 to 2023, and is a Co-Chair of DiTiDE (Dermatology Industry Taskforce on Inclusiveness, Diversity & Equity), a group she co-founded in 2020. She has also previously served on boards of other non-profits and business organizations, including the Canadian Healthcare Licensing Association. Ms. Chypyha earned her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Toronto and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Queen's University. Ms. Chypyha’s qualifications to serve on our Board include her extensive operational experience in founding, managing and building companies, previous board experience and her extensive experience in the dermatology industry.

David Liu, PhD has over 10 years of investment experience within the biopharmaceutical industry. From January 2023 to March 2024, and since December 2024, he has served as a Senior Analyst at Velan Capital Investment Management LP, a healthcare dedicated investment firm based in Alpharetta, Georgia. Prior to his current position, he served as a Biotech Analyst