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ImmuCell Appoints Two New Directors to Board
| Source: ImmuCell Corporation
PORTLAND, ME -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 21, 2006 -- ImmuCell Corporation (NASDAQ : ICCC ) today
announced that Mr. Robert C. Bruce and Dr. David S. Tomsche have been
appointed to serve on the Company's Board of Directors.
Mr. Bruce is the founder, owner and president of Oakmont Advisory Group,
LLC, a financial consulting firm in Portland, Maine. From 1999 to 2004, he
served first as chief operating officer and then as vice president of
reimbursement for Enterix Inc., a company that developed an early stage
colorectal cancer-screening device. Enterix has since been acquired by
Quest Diagnostics. Mr. Bruce earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Princeton University in 1985 and his Masters in Public and Private
Management from the Yale School of Management in 1989.
"I have followed ImmuCell from the outside since the 1990s and am very
interested in helping management implement its current strategic
objectives," commented Mr. Bruce. "This is a small company with some very
attractive opportunities in front of it."
Dr. Tomsche is a large animal practitioner and partner of Minnesota
Veterinary Associates and is founder and managing partner of Stearns
Veterinary Outlet, an animal health marketing and milking parlor
construction/supply business. He has extensive experience in the Japanese
large animal industry. He is also co-owner of Dairyridge, a 1,200-cow
dairy operation in Minnesota. Dr. Tomsche earned a Bachelor of Science
degree from the University of Minnesota in 1979 and his Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine from the University of Minnesota in 1983.
"I have enjoyed getting to know the ImmuCell management and sales team
through my interactions with them as a new distributor of First Defense®
and Wipe Out® Dairy Wipes," commented Dr. Tomsche. "I look forward to
sharing my dairy operations and marketing experience with them to help the
Company grow."
"We are fortunate to add to our Board Bob's financial and consulting
expertise and David's dairy operations and marketing experience," commented
Michael F. Brigham, president and CEO. "I look forward to working with
them as we implement compliance with cGMP regulations in our operations to
open access to foreign markets for First Defense® sales, while Mast
Out® progresses in development."
ImmuCell Corporation is a biotechnology company that is developing,
manufacturing and selling products that improve animal health and
productivity in the dairy and beef industries. Press releases and other
information about the Company are available at http://www.immucell.com.