ViroPharma Augments Senior Management( - Company Appoints Thomas Doyle Vice...),Health

- Company Appoints Thomas Doyle Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Promotes Peter Wolf to Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the

Board of Directors -

EXTON, Pa., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ViroPharma Incorporated (Nasdaq: VPHM) announced today that effective, January 1, 2008, Thomas F. Doyle has been appointed as vice president, strategic initiatives and J. Peter Wolf has been promoted to vice president, general counsel and secretary of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Doyle will oversee strategic planning efforts at ViroPharma including expanding exclusivity of the current product portfolio, and assist in business development activities. He will also continue leading the efforts in ViroPharma's ongoing discussions with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration regarding the company's continuing efforts to assure the safety of patients afflicted by C. difficile infection. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Doyle served as Vice President, General Counsel of ViroPharma since November 1997, as Secretary since February 1997 and as Executive Director, Counsel since joining ViroPharma in November 1996. From 1990 until 1996, Mr. Doyle was a corporate attorney with the law firm of Pepper, Hamilton LLP. Mr. Doyle received his J.D. from Temple University School of Law. Prior to attending Temple University, Mr. Doyle was a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Doyle received his B.S. in Accounting from Mt. St. Mary's College.

"Tom has been a great leader for ViroPharma for well over a decade and during that time has helped navigate the company through times of both prosperity and difficulty," commented Michel de Rosen, ViroPharma's president and chief executive officer. "Tom continues to represen
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