Date: 2016-10-04
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Santhera Pharmaceuticals (Switzerland)
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Details: * On October 4, 2016, Santhera Pharmaceuticals announced the appointment of Kristina Timdahl, MD, as Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development and Member of the Executive Management with effect from January 1, 2017. Kristina Timdahl will replace Nick Coppard, PhD, who will retire in January 2017. As Head Development for over eight years, Nick Coppard was instrumental in the successful development of Santhera's lead drug Raxone® in multiple indications.
Kristina Timdahl studied chemistry and biochemistry and graduated as a medical doctor from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. She joins Santhera as a biopharmaceutical executive with 18 years experience in drug development across multiple therapeutic areas, including orphan diseases. Kristina Timdahl has worked in clinical development roles at Wyeth, AstraZeneca and Biovitrum and currently serves as VP and Head of Clinical Development at Sobi, where she is leading the clinical development of all programs from first in man through commercialization to full life cycle management.
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