Søren Tulstrup appointed new President and CEO of Hansa Medical
Hansa Medical AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: HMED), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel immunomodulatory enzymes, today announced that the board of directors have appointed Søren Tulstrup as new President and CEO of Hansa Medical effective today March 20, 2018. Hansa Medical's acting CEO Ulf Wiinberg reverts to his former role as Chairman of Hansa Medical and Birgit Stattin Norinder reverts to her former role as member of the board of directors.
"We are pleased to welcome Søren Tulstrup as new President and CEO of Hansa Medical. Søren is an accomplished life science industry executive, who brings diverse and extensive industry experience having built and led high-performance biopharma companies, country operations and teams both in Europe and the US", said Ulf Wiinberg, Chairman at Hansa Medical AB.
Søren Tulstrup has a broad and extensive background as senior executive in the global biopharma industry. Recently, he served as CEO of Vifor Pharma AG (VTX:VIFN), a Glattbrugg, Switzerland-based global pharmaceutical company with a market-leading position within chronic kidney disease, annual sales of approximately USD 1 billion and 2,000 employees.
Prior to joining Vifor Pharma, he served as Senior Vice President, Global Franchise Head, MPS at Shire Pharmaceuticals, securing strong market performance of Elaprase (INN: Idursulfase), an enzyme-based treatment of the rare disease Hunter syndrome. Søren has also served as CEO of Santaris Pharma A/S, now part of Roche, a leading clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing RNA-targeted drugs for various therapeutic areas including cancer and rare genetic diseases.
Furthermore, Søren has served in several senior commercial roles within Merck & Co., Inc. and Sandoz Pharma AG (Novartis) and he holds a Master of Science, Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School.
"Søren's strong track record of managing the development, launch and growth of biopharmaceuticals globally for the treatment of rare diseases and kidney diseases greatly matches Hansa Medical's promising position. It has been a privilege to serve as acting CEO for four months with our highly committed management team and co-workers in Lund and the US. I would like to thank Birgit Stattin Norinder for her time as Chairman during this period", Ulf Wiinberg, Chairman of Hansa Medical concluded.
This is information that Hansa Medical AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, at 12:00 CET on March 20, 2018.
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About Hansa Medical
Hansa Medical is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel immunomodulatory enzymes for transplantation and acute autoimmune diseases. The lead product, IdeS, is a proprietary antibody-degrading enzyme currently in late-stage clinical development for kidney transplant patients, with significant potential for further development in other solid organ transplants and in acute autoimmune indications. The company also has a strong pipeline of preclinical projects that may provide a second wave of potential drugs. Under the project name NiceR, novel immunoglobulin-cleaving enzymes are developed for repeat dosing with the objective of applying the Hansa Medical technology in relapsing autoimmune diseases and oncology. Hansa Medical is based in Lund, Sweden, and its shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (ticker: HMED).
