New CEO appointed
The board of PharmNovo AB is pleased to announce that former VP Business Development Per von Mentzer assumed the position as new Chief Executive Officer of PharmNovo AB effective May 2020.
“Given his general management and commercial experience, we are confident that Per is the right person to lead us through the next phases of development,” says Chairman of the Board Göran Lerenius, who continues:
“Through this appointment PharmNovo is strengthening the organisation on both the scientific and commercial sides, whilst maintaining full focus on the continued pre-clinical development.
The company’s founder and former CEO, Bengt von Mentzer, remains critical to PharmNovo´s business activities and will now focus even more of his time and efforts on the PN6047 development and the upcoming Regulatory Toxicology programme.
At the Extraordinary General Meeting held in May at Medicon Village, Lund, Sweden, Chairman of the Board Göran Lerenius thanked Bengt for founding the company and for leading it successfully over many years.
New CEO appointed
The board of PharmNovo AB is pleased to announce that former VP Business Development Per von Mentzer assumed the position as new Chief Executive Officer of PharmNovo AB effective May 2020.
“Given his general management and commercial experience, we are confident that Per is the right person to lead us through the next phases of development,” says Chairman of the Board Göran Lerenius, who continues:
“Through this appointment PharmNovo is strengthening the organisation on both the scientific and commercial sides, whilst maintaining full focus on the continued pre-clinical development.
The company’s founder and former CEO, Bengt von Mentzer, remains critical to PharmNovo´s business activities and will now focus even more of his time and efforts on the PN6047 development and the upcoming Regulatory Toxicology programme.
At the Extraordinary General Meeting held in May at Medicon Village, Lund, Sweden, Chairman of the Board Göran Lerenius thanked Bengt for founding the company and for leading it successfully over many years.
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