Molecular Partners Announces all Board Proposals Approved, Clare Fisher Elected as New Board Member at Annual General Meeting
ZURICH-SCHLIEREN, Switzerland and CONCORD, Mass., April 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR Molecular Partners AG (SIX: MOLN; NASDAQ: MOLN), a clinical-stage biotech company developing a novel class of custom-built protein drugs known as DARPin therapeutics (“Molecular Partners” or the “Company”), today announced that Clare Fisher was elected by shareholders to its Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting (AGM).
The appointment, and all other motions proposed by the Board of Directors at the AGM, were approved by the shareholders of the Company by a wide majority.
“Clare Fisher is an outstanding addition to our Board and we warmly welcome her. Clare’s extensive business and corporate development experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry will be valuable for our partnerships and expanding pipeline of new drug candidates,” said Bill Burns, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Molecular Partners.
Clare Fisher is currently the SVP for Global Business Development and M&A at BeOne Medicines, a global oncology company committed to discovering and developing innovative treatments for cancer patients worldwide. Clare has more than two decades of healthcare experience in leadership roles, including corporate and business development, mergers and acquisitions, and strategy. She joined BeOne from Kaleido, where she served as Chief Business Officer. Previously Clare worked at Shire plc (now Takeda), where she was Group Vice President, Global Head of Transactions and Business Development, and Interim Head of Corporate Development. She also held senior roles in business development at Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Blueprint Medicines, and Genzyme Corporation. Clare Fisher earned a B.S. in biochemistry from the University of Bath and an MBA from Henley Management College in the U.K.
The Molecular Partners shareholders confirmed the approval of the annual review, the IFRS consolidated financial statements and the annual statements for the financial year 2025. They also approved the consultative vote on the compensation report and the proposal to carry forward, and not to offset, the net loss for 2025 of CHF 57,853,768, thereby bringing the loss carried forward position from CHF 199,440,157 to CHF 257,293,925.
The Board of Directors and the members of the Management Board were granted discharge for the financial year 2025. Steven H. Holtzman did not stand for re-election following 12 years of service on the Board of Directors. The shareholders voted to re-elect all other members of Molecular Partners’ Board of Directors for a term of office of one year. William “Bill” Burns was re-elected as Chairman of the Board and re-appointed as the chairperson of the Board’s Nomination and Compensation Committee. Michael Vasconcelles, M.D., was re-elected to the Nomination and Compensation Committee. Agnete Fredriksen was elected to the Nomination and Compensation Committee, in place of Steven H. Holtzman.
KPMG AG Zurich was re-elected as the Group’s statutory auditors for the financial year 2026 and Anwaltskanzlei Keller AG, Zurich, was re-elected as the independent proxy for a term of office until the 2027 Annual General Meeting.
The AGM also approved all binding motions regarding compensation for both the Board of Directors and the Management Board.