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Phillip Rose Named Chief Operating Officer

NAPA, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Senetek PLC (OTC Bulletin Board: SNKTY), a Life Sciences company engaged in the development of technologies that target the science of healthy aging, today announced that the Company has appointed Veteran Sales and Marketing Executive, Phillip Rose, as its Chief Operating Officer and retained J. David Bruner as a full-time marketing consultant.

Phillip Rose has thirty years of experience in domestic and international sales, marketing, commercial development, licensing, regulatory affairs and general executive management of large public and multi-national pharmaceutical research, development and sales and marketing organizations. For nine years, Mr. Rose was Vice President of Corporate Sales for Glaxo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In 1997 he became Vice President and General Manager of North American Operations for ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Valeant Pharmaceuticals). He then went on to become President and CEO of Obagi Medical Products, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused in aesthetic medicine, selling products and services directly through dermatologists and plastic surgeons, as well as a network of wholly owned subsidiaries and distributors, internationally. He is a graduate of Union University, Albany College of Pharmacy, and is a licensed pharmacist.

David Bruner has over 20 years experience in specialty pharmaceuticals and has held executive level marketing positions at Neutrogena, Obagi Medical Products, Inc., ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now Valeant Pharmaceuticals) and Stiefel Laboratories. Mr. Bruner holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota.

Mr. Rose and Mr. Bruner worked together at ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. successfully launching Kinerase(R), the leading antiaging brand in the physician market in North America. They continued their successes at Obagi Medical Pr
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