Elmar Schnee and Diane Parks proposed as new board members of Calliditas Therapeutics
Stockholm, Sweden, April 5, 2019 – The nomination committee of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (NASDAQ Stockholm: CALTX) (“Calliditas”) has proposed that Elmar Schnee and Diane Parks be elected as new Board members at the company's Annual General Meeting on May 8, 2019. Mr. Schnee is proposed as Chairman of the Board.Mr. Schnee was previously CEO of Merck Serono and was instrumental in the acquisition of Serono by Merck KGaA. He has also served as General Partner and member of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA and has held previously several senior global management positions with UCB and Sanofi.