GlobeNewswire Inc | Feb 18, 2021 02:00AM EST

February 18, 2021

LONDON and RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verona Pharma plc (Nasdaq: VRNA) (Verona Pharma), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on respiratory diseases, announces that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020 on Thursday, February 25, 2021 and host an investment community conference call at 9:00 a.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. GMT to discuss these financial results and provide a corporate update.

To participate, please dial one of the following numbers and reference conference ID 7681320:

-- +1-888-317-6003 for callers in the United States -- +1-412-317-6061 for international callers

A live webcast will be available on the Events and Presentations link on the Investors page of the Companys website, www.veronapharma.com, and an audio replay will be available there for 90 days.

For further information, please contact:

US Tel: +1-833-417-0262Verona Pharma plc UK Tel: +44 (0)20 3283 4200Victoria Stewart, Director of Communications info@veronapharma.com Argot Partners Tel: +1 212-600-1902(US Investor Enquiries) verona@argotpartners.comKimberly Minarovich / Michael Barron Optimum Strategic Communications Tel: +44 (0)203 950 9144(International Media and European Investor verona@optimumcomms.comEnquiries)Mary Clark / Eva Haas / Shabnam Bashir

About Verona Pharma

Verona Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases with significant unmet medical needs. If successfully developed and approved, Verona Pharmas product candidate, ensifentrine, has the potential to be the first therapy for the treatment of respiratory diseases that combines bronchodilator and anti-inflammatory activities in one compound. The Company is evaluating nebulized ensifentrine in its Phase 3 clinical program ENHANCE (Ensifentrine as a Novel inHAled Nebulized COPD thErapy) for COPD maintenance treatment. The Company raised gross proceeds of $200 million through a private placement in July 2020 and expects the funds to support its operations and Phase 3 clinical program into 2023. Two additional formulations of ensifentrine are currently in Phase 2 development for the treatment of COPD: dry powder inhaler (DPI) and pressurized metered-dose inhaler (pMDI). Ensifentrine is being evaluated in a pilot clinical study in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and has potential applications in cystic fibrosis, asthma and other respiratory diseases. For more information, please visit www.veronapharma.com.