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ARS Pharmaceuticals Expands Executive Leadership Team with Addition of Pharmaceutical Commercialization Veterans

ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to empowering at-risk patients and caregivers to better protect themselves from severe allergic reactions that could lead to anaphylaxis, today announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with the appointments of Harris Kaplan as executive vice president, commercial strategy and Daniel Relovsky as senior vice president, sales and marketing. Mr. Kaplan and Mr. Relovsky, accomplished industry veterans with proven track records of commercial strategy and launch execution, will be responsible for preparing for and leading the commercialization of neffy™, once approved. neffy, a proprietary composition of epinephrine, is a small, reliable, easy-to-use option that allows for needle-free intranasal delivery of epinephrine, the only drug approved for the emergency treatment of Type I allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis.

"The appointments of both Harris and Dan to the ARS team represent another building block in our ongoing commercialization preparations for neffy. We believe neffy's 'no needle, no pain' delivery, small size for convenient portability, and ease of use can provide a patient-friendly solution for individuals and caregivers to more easily and reliably administer epinephrine sooner, achieving more rapid symptom relief and preventing the allergic reaction from becoming severe or life-threatening. I'm excited to welcome Harris and Dan, both of whom bring decades of product launch and commercial leadership experience to our leadership team, and look forward to benefiting from their expertise as we progress toward our mission of being an innovative pharmaceutical leader in the treatment of severe allergy."

Richard Lowenthal, founder, chief executive officer and president of ARS

Harris Kaplan, MBA, executive vice president, commercial strategy, will join the ARS commercial team as lead for commercial strategy and oversee launch preparations for neffy. He brings more than 40 years of global experience across the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare consulting industries and most recently served as managing partner of Red Team Associates. Throughout his career, Mr. Kaplan has worked on the development, launch and commercialization of over 125 new products across more than 40 therapeutic categories, including LIPITOR®, Nexium, VIAGRA®, HUMIRA®, ALLEGRA®, HERCEPTIN® and Trikafta, and Yescarta. He has extensive experience in establishing and building new product planning initiatives, leadership and development programs and managing global strategic operations.

Mr. Kaplan earned an MBA in marketing and operations research from Temple University where he also taught in the MBA program for several years.

Daniel Relovsky, senior vice president, sales & marketing, will be responsible for leading the U.S. sales and marketing organization for neffy. He brings more than 30 years of commercial and operational experience, including product launch leadership in highly competitive markets and in establishing new standard-of-care therapies. Mr. Relovsky specializes in commercial planning and efficient team building to address complex executions, and brings a diverse background and success record in specialty, orphan, and major therapeutic markets. Prior to joining ARS, Mr. Relovsky held various senior commercial and operational leadership positions at MAIA Biotechnology, Inc., Clarity Global Solutions, LLC., Puma Biotechnology, Inc., Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cephalon, Inc. (now Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Salmedix, Inc., Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Pfizer, Inc.), Women First Healthcare, Inc., and IQVIA.

Mr. Relovsky earned his B.S. in business administration, finance from Drexel University.

About ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
ARS Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to empowering at-risk patients and caregivers to better protect themselves from severe allergic reactions that could lead to anaphylaxis. The company is developing neffy™, an intranasal epinephrine spray with a unique absorption technology that could be easy-to-use, convenient, and more reliable for patients and loved ones at-risk of severe allergic reactions to food, medications and insect bites that could lead to life-threatening anaphylaxis.

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