Date: 2015-03-03
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Acacia Pharma (UK)
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Details: * On March 3, 2015, Acacia Pharma, a pharmaceutical company specialising in the development of drugs for supportive care, announces that Scott Byrd and Christine Soden have joined its Board of Directors. Scott Byrd has 23 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Most recently, he was the Chief Commercial Officer of Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc from June 2009 until the company’s acquisition by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals in March 2014 for $1.4 billion. Scott was responsible for all Cadence’s commercial activities, in particular, building and leading the company’s US sales and marketing infrastructure for Ofirmev®, the post-operative pain control product. Previously, Scott served in a variety of US and global roles in sales, marketing, finance, manufacturing and strategic planning at Eli Lilly and Company since January 1992. Scott holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Bradley University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Christine Soden is a chartered accountant and is the Chief Financial Officer of the UK-listed medical device company, Electrical Geodesics Inc. Previously she was the Chief Financial Officer of the UK-listed companies Optos plc, BTG plc and Celltech-Chiroscience plc following senior finance roles with life sciences companies including Oxagen Limited and Medeva plc. Christine has substantial experience with technology and commercialisation stage companies and is a non-executive director of Fertility Focus Limited and Tower Cold Chain Solutions Ltd.
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