Date: 2015-02-10
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Onxeo (France)
Therapeutic area: Cancer - Oncology - Rare diseases
Type agreement: nomination
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Details: * On February 10, 2015, Onxeo has strengthened its management team with three new senior appointments. Elisabeth Carstensen has been appointed Director of Alliance Management. Elisabeth will head a newly created department responsible for coordinating and optimising Onxeo’s relationships with commercial as well as international development partners, significant sources of revenues for the company. Elisabeth Carstensen holds a PhD in organic chemistry and a Master’s degree in chemical engineering from the Technical University of Denmark. Initially responsible for the pharmaceutical development of Belinostat, Elisabeth was lately Director of Business Development and Partnership Management with Topotarget. Elisabeth has also been appointed Director of Onxeo’s Danish operation, ensuring the link between the group’s two entities. Graham Dixon has been appointed CSO/Head of R&D. He will be responsible with his teams for leading project development up through commercialisation, strengthening portfolio projects and fostering collaboration with academic experts on promising programmes. Graham Dixon has a twenty year track record in research and development in pharmaceutical industry, particularly oncology, having held senior management positions within big pharma and biotech. For nearly ten years, Graham worked as Director of R&D with the European biotech Galapagos, accompanying its growth and international development. Graham Dixon holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Swansea, Wales and an honors degree in Biology from the Universtiy of Bradford. He has numerous patents and scientific publications. A human resources department, headed by Audrey Legentil-Duméry, has been created to support Onxeo’s rapid growth and will support international development and talent management, notably in the integration of the French and Danish teams. Previously, Audrey Legentil-Duméry worked as a Senior HR consultant with a Paris-based agency, managing HR on behalf of diverse companies, notably accompanying SME’s through periods of growth and transition. Audrey successfully conducted several missions in the pharma and biotech sectors. Audrey holds a degree in Management and Intercultural Communication from CELSA (Sorbonne, Paris). Pierre Attali, MD, MSc, General Deputy Manager in charge of Strategy and Medical Affairs, is leaving the company to focus on other projects and may continue to collaborate with Onxeo as an advisor.
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