Hybrigenics announced the appointment of Dr Alain Munoz to its board as a non-executive independent director. Dr Munoz replaces Dr Bernhard Ehmer, president of ImClone Systems, and will chair the clinical advisory board.
Dr Munoz, cardiologist and anaesthesiologist by training, has over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry at senior management level with the Sanofi Group as R&D vice-president (VP) and the French pharmaceutical company Fournier as VP of R&D and business development, subsequently becoming senior VP of the pharmaceutical division. Under his leadership, numerous drug product registrations were obtained world-wide, generating significant sales (Adenocard(R), Plavix(R), Lipanthyl(R)/Tricor(TM), Esclim(R)). He has an in-depth knowledge of the US and Japanese markets, and has concluded several major licensing deals with world-class partners in the industry. He currently acts as an entrepreneur developing his own projects and an adviser to investors. He is a board member of several biotechnology companies (NYSE Euronext: Vivalis SA, VLS; Novagali Pharma SA, NOVA. Nasdaq OMX: Zealand Pharma A/S, ZEAL).