Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Adds New Member to Board of Directors

DUBLIN, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NAVB), a biopharmaceutical company focused on precision diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, today announced that Michael M. Goldberg, MD, MBA has been appointed to the Navidea Board of Directors.

Michael M. Goldberg has been a Managing Partner of Montaur Capital Partners since January 2007. Dr. Goldberg served as the Chief Executive Officer of Emisphere Technologies, Inc., from August 1990 to January 2007, Chairman of the Board of Directors from November 1991 to January 16, 2007 and President from August 1990 to October 1995. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of The First Boston Corp., where he was a founding member of the Healthcare Banking Group. He is or has been a Director of Alliqua, Inc., CorNova, Inc., Urigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Adventrx Pharmaceuticals Inc. Dr. Goldberg received a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an MD from Albany Medical College of Union University in 1982 and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1985.

“We are pleased to have Michael join the Board,” said Gordon Troup, Chairman of the Navidea Board of Directors. “Michael brings a wealth of knowledge of the financial and biopharmaceutical industries that make him an extremely valuable resource to our Board as we continue to execute on our growth plans.”

“I am excited to be joining the Board and have the opportunity to help deliver the greatest possible impact to patients and the medical community and return for investors with Navidea’s industry leading precision diagnostic products and technologies,” said Dr. Goldberg. “I look forward to working with the Board and Management to help Navidea realize the potential I believe Lymphoseek®, the Company’s pipeline, and Navidea’s business model have.”

About Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NAVB) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of precision diagnostics and radiopharmaceutical agents. Navidea is developing multiple precision diagnostic products and platforms including NAV4694, NAV5001, Manocept™ and RIGScan™,to help identify the sites and pathways of undetected disease and enable better diagnostic accuracy, clinical decision-making and, ultimately, patient care. Lymphoseek® (technetium 99m tilmanocept) Injection, Navidea’s first commercial product from the Manocept platform, was approved by the FDA in March 2013. Navidea’s strategy is to deliver superior growth and shareholder return by bringing to market novel radiopharmaceutical agents and advancing the Company’s pipeline through selective acquisitions, global partnering and commercialization efforts. For more information, please visit www.navidea.com.

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