In a new job - April 2, 2015
New CEO for Merivaara Corp.
Markku Aherto has been appointed the new CEO of Finland’s Merivaara Corporation, according to a company statement. Aherto has been working as sales director of the company since January of this year. Prior to that, he served in the Board of OscareMedical Oy. Between 2005 and 2011, Aherto also was at Merivaara, as director of […]
In a new job - March 26, 2015
Mendor Names Medical Director
Diabetes researcher Dr. Antonio Ceriello has been named medical director of Finnish company Mendor. Currently Professor Ceriello is head of the Research Department on Diabetes and CVD at the Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain and is the president of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Study Group on […]
In a new job - March 11, 2015
New CEO for Vivo Line Medical
Patrick Greatrex has been appointed the new CEO of Medtech company Vivo Line Medical, taking office March 9. He succeeds Peter Sebelius. Previously Greatrex was CEO of CMC Contrast, CEO of Combigene and vice president of Glycorex Transplantation. He also worked on business development for Gambro. Peter Sebelius did not leave the company, but is […]
In a new job - February 24, 2015
New Hire at Heliospectra
Heliospectra AB, which specializes in intelligent lighting technology for greenhouse cultivation and plant research, has hired Dr. Sue Sisley as Director of Medicinal Plant Research. Dr. Sisley will provide the company with “in the field” knowledge and customer feedback. Working with growers to develop scalable medicinal plant growing methodologies, Dr. Sisley oversees data collection and […]
In a new job - February 12, 2015
InDex Appoints New CEO
Peter Zerhouni has been named the new CEO of InDex Pharmaceuticals and is scheduled to take office April 1. He will succeed Jesper Wiklund, who has led the company since 2011. Wiklund has decided to leave InDex Pharmaceuticals to serve as Managing Director Europe at Oberland Capital, a life science focused investment firm based in […]
In a new job - February 3, 2015
Karolinska Dev. CEO Out
Karolinska Development AB’s CEO Bruno Lucidi is leaving the company, according to a company announcement. He is being replaced by Development Deputy CEO Terje Kalland until a permanent CEO is named. The search for a permanent replacement already has begun. “The Board of Directors recognizes that the Board and Bruno Lucidi are of different opinions […]