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Management moves abound on eve of JPM, including new chairs for Sobi, Corteria

ARTICLE | Management Tracks

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By Richard Guy, Biopharma Analyst, and Gunjan Ohri, Data Content Analyst

January 6, 2024 2:40 AM UTC

Bo Jesper Hansen resigned as chairman of  Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (SSE:SOBI) for health reasons. Hansen is succeeded by Annette Clancy, a 30-year veteran of GSK plc (LSE:GSK; NYSE:GSK) and Sobi board member since 2014.

Corteria Pharmaceuticals S.A.S., named Mark Pruzanski as chairman, succeeding Thierry Laugel, a managing partner at Kurma Partners, who will remain on the board. Pruzanski founded and was CEO of Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc., then chairman and CEO of Versanis Bio Inc. until its acquisition by Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE:LLY). Corteria is advancing a preclinical pipeline of heart failure therapies to treat different patient subsets. …