Entries by Michael Kuhrt

IGEM Therapeutics appoints Dr David Chiswell

IGEM Therapeutics, an immuno-oncology company developing novel immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to treat cancer, announces that Dr David Chiswell will be joining IGEM as a Non-Executive Chairman effective immediately.

A national bioeconomy strategy for Austria

Within the record time of nine months, the Austrian government, together with experts of the Austrian Bioeconomy plattform and the sustainability think tank Denkstatt, has worked out a national bioeconomy strategy. European Biotechnology spoke with Josef Plank, Secretary General at the leading Federal Ministry of Sustainability about the focus and ambition of the national initiative.

Theodora Harold appointed CEO of Crescendo Biologics

Crescendo Biologics Ltd (Crescendo), the drug developer of novel, targeted T-cell enhancing therapeutics, today announces that Theodora Harold, the current CFO, will be appointed as CEO. She will be succeeding Peter Pack who will be stepping down from the position of CEO on 1 May 2019.

Ergomed appoints Roy Ovel

 Ergomed plc, a company focused on providing specialised services to the pharmaceutical industry, today announces the appointment of Roy Ovel as Chief Commercial Officer with immediate effect.

Encourage development of new antimicrobials

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat, particularly given the modest activity in the pipeline of new antimicrobials in development, and emerging resistance to existing antibiotics. In 2016, Lord Jim O’Neill published a globally-focused review on AMR, which highlighted the lack of incentives for new antimicrobial development and encouraged a worldwide system of ‘push’ and ‘pull’ incentives to stimulate new drug development.

Mats Blom joins Modus as CFO

Modus Therapeutics AB, a company developing innovative treatments for patients with high unmet medical needs and a focus on sickle cell disease (SCD), announces the appointment of Mats Blom as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Miranda Wolpert joins Wellcome

Miranda Wolpert, MBE, an expert on child and adolescent mental health has joined the London-based Wellcome Trust as head of their mental health priority area.

Serialisation using labels

According to the FMD 2011/62, serialisation of all prescription drug packs in Europe will inevitably become a daily routine for the pharmaceutical industry from 2019. European Biotechnology spoke with Philip Falkenstein, Product Manager at Bähren Druck, about the use of pre-serialised labels as solution for special implementation areas and the current legal framework.