Date: 2015-03-18
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Cortendo (Sweden)
Therapeutic area: Rare diseases - Hormonal diseases - Endocrine diseases
Type agreement: nomination
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Details: * On March 18, 2015, Cortendo announced the appointments of John H. Johnson as chairman of the board of directors and Richard Kollender as a director. These appointments, proposed by the nomination committee, were approved by shareholders during the Extraordinary General Meeting on March 17. John H. Johnson has more than 30 years of biopharmaceutical industry experience at leading global organizations, including Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly & Company, ImClone and Pfizer, Inc. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Cempra Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Histogenics Corporation, Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He previously served as chairman of Dendreon Corporation and Tranzyme Pharma, and also served as a member of the board of directors of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the Health Section Governing Board of Biotechnology Industry Organizations (BIO), and BioNJ. Richard Kollender, who is trained as a certified public accountant, has significant biopharmaceutical experience in executive management, venture capital and as a director on public and private company boards. He is chairman of Rapid Micro Biosystems and serves as a director for Celator Pharmaceuticals and Tarsa Therapeutics. His prior board experience includes Insmed, Nupathe, Corridor Pharmaceuticals, Precision Therapeutics, TargetRx and Transport Pharmaceuticals. In addition, he serves on the board of directors of PACT (Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies), on the public policy committee for Pennsylvania Bio, and is an adjunct faculty member at Lehigh University.
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