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Date: 2015-04-01

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Company: Amag Pharmaceuticals (USA - MA)

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* On April 1, 2015, Amag Pharmaceuticals announced new management appointments which expand the company\'s ability to engage with external partners and stakeholders. Linda Lennox has joined the company as vice president of investor relations & corporate communications, assuming responsibilities from Kathryn Carr Payne who has been promoted to vice president of external affairs. In this newly established role for Amag, Ms. Payne will direct the company\'s public affairs activities, which includes leading AMAG\'s public relations, policy and advocacy initiatives at the state and national level.

Ms. Payne joined Amag in May 2014 from APCO Worldwide, a global public affairs and strategic communications firm based in Washington, D.C., where she led communications, policymaker outreach and brand-building programs designed to position healthcare companies, their products, issues and leadership to external audiences, including media, investors, customers and patients. Ms. Payne holds a bachelor\'s degree in writing and business management and a master\'s degree in communications from The Johns Hopkins University.

Ms. Lennox has 25 years of leadership experience with companies in the healthcare and energy sectors. Prior to joining AMAG, Ms. Lennox served as senior director, investor relations & corporate communications at Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a privately held global diagnostic imaging company. Prior to that, Ms. Lennox served as vice president, investor & media relations at Critical Therapeutics, a publicly traded biotechnology/specialty pharmaceutical company. Prior to joining Critical Therapeutics, Ms. Lennox spent 15 years in positions of increasing responsibility at two separate publicly traded energy companies. Ms. Lennox started her career at Putnam Investments and Smith Barney, where she obtained her series 6, 7 and 63 licenses. She received a bachelor\'s degree in economics from the University of Vermont.

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