KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Board Changes and New Appointments

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KBIO)(the "Company"), today announced that on January 7, 2016, Ronald Barliant and Dr. Cameron Durrant MD, MBA, were elected as independent directors to the board of directors (the "Board") of the Company, with Dr. Durrant named as Chairman of the Board.  In addition, on January 7, 2016, Michael Harrison resigned from the Board.

Mr. Barliant, an attorney who is of counsel with the law firm of Goldberg Kohn in Chicago, IL, previously served as a United States bankruptcy judge for the Northern District of Illinois from 1988 to 2002.  Mr. Barliant has also served as adjunct faculty at John Marshall Law School and is a frequent lecturer and author on bankruptcy-related matters.

Dr. Durrant is a senior pharmaceutical/biotech executive, former physician and a pharma company builder and turnaround specialist.  Dr. Durrant has previously served in senior roles with blue-chip, global pharma companies and also as a board member, Chairman, CEO, as well as CFO, for both private and public specialty pharma and biotech companies.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect management's current knowledge, assumptions, judgment and expectations regarding future performance or events. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in such statements are reasonable, they give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct and you should be aware that actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, Bankruptcy Court approval for the Company to continue its operations; the Company's ability to manage expenses and fund its working capital needs during the Chapter 11 process; the Company's ability to manage its relationships with its creditors, vendors, and customers during the Chapter 11 process; the company's ability to limited cash reserves and its ability to obtain additional capital on acceptable terms, or at all, including the additional capital which will be necessary to complete the clinical trials that the company has initiated or plans to initiate; the potential timing and outcomes of clinical studies of lenzilumab undertaken now or in the future; the ability of the company to timely source adequate supply of its development products from third party manufacturers on whom the company depends; the potential, if any, for future development of any of its present or future products; the company's ability to successfully progress, partner or complete further development of its programs; the uncertainties inherent in clinical testing; the timing, cost and uncertainty of obtaining regulatory approvals; the company's ability to protect the company's intellectual property; competition; changes in the regulatory landscape or the imposition of regulations that affect the company's products; and other factors listed under "Risk Factors" in the company's most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2015, the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2015, and the company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. The company has no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation to update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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