Inimex Announces Appointment of New CEO
Inimex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it has appointed Michael J. Abrams, Ph.D as its President and CEO.
Abrams brings more than 25 years of drug discovery and development experience to Inimex. He is a co-inventor of the nuclear medicine imaging agent, Cardiolite, and worked from 1984 to 1996 at Johnson Matthey, plc where he was Manager, Biomedical Research Worldwide. In 1996, Abrams led the establishment of AnorMED in Langley, BC and was President and CEO from 1996 to 2006. AnorMED discovered and developed Mozobil, a drug for improving stem cell collection in cancer patients undergoing stem cell transplantation. AnorMED was acquired by Genzyme Corp. for $580M in 2006, and Mozobil was FDA approved in December 2008. Abrams is actively involved in the Vancouver biotech community as a member of public, private and not-for-profit boards.
Dr. John R. North, who led the early development of Inimex' drug technology, serving as EVP of R&D in 2004 and then President and Chief Executive Officer from 2005 to 2009, will assume a new role as Chief Operating Officer.
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