Pharmalink AB elects Anders Wiklund as chairman and appoints Elisabeth Lindner to its board of directors

16-Nov-2011 - Sweden

Pharmalink AB announced that Anders Wiklund has been elected to serve as Chairman of the Board. In addition, the Board is strengthened by former CEO and President of Diamyd, Elisabeth Lindner who joins the Board of Directors. Pharmalink’s founder and former chairman, Bengt Julander, and Lennart Hansson of Industrifonden, remain on the Board as a Non-Executive Directors.

Anders Wiklund has gained a wealth of business and corporate development experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry from a career in Europe and the US spanning 40 years. He spent 29 years with the Kabi and Pharmacia group of companies, where he held a number of different positions, such as Managing Director of KabiVitrum in the UK, President of KabiVitrum International in Sweden, President and CEO of KabiVitrum and KabiPharmacia in the USA. Mr. Wiklund also currently serves on the boards of QuatRx Inc, EffRx SA, Clavis Pharma AS and Life Medical AB.

Ms. Elisabeth Lindner is one of Sweden’s most experienced experts within the biopharmaceutical industry, with more than 25 years experience in senior management roles at Octapharma AB, Pharmacia Corporation and most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer at Diamyd Medical AB. Ms. Lindner is a Director at BioInvent International AB and Karo Bio AB, and serves as Director of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science. She holds an MSc from Stockholm University and an M.B.A from Uppsala University.

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