- Appoints Jukka Karjalainen M.D., Ph.D. to the position of Chief Operating and Medical Officer and Robert Tuttle, Ph.D.to the position of Senior
Vice-President Manufacturing -
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TORONTO, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Bradmer Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of cancer therapies, today announced that it has appointed Jukka Karjalainen, M.D., Ph.D. to the position of Chief Operating and Medical Officer and Robert Tuttle, Ph.D. to the position of Senior Vice-President Manufacturing.
"Dr. Karjalainen's experience in late stage drug development and commercialization and Dr. Tuttle's experience with commercial manufacturing will be crucial as we complete the final preparations to initiate our Phase III trial for Neuradiab," said Alan M. Ezrin, Ph.D., President and CEO of Bradmer Pharmaceuticals. "Appointing Dr. Karjalainen and Dr. Tuttle to our executive team demonstrates our ability to attract key people who are able to support our progress as we enter a multi-center clinical setting complete with cGMP grade material and support plans for the execution of our trial."
Dr. Karjalainen has extensive medical expertise, international
pharmaceutical and clinical trial experience. He has played a key role in
all phases of drug development and commercialization at both private and
public companies. Most recently, he was Vice President, Drug Development at
Cytochroma where he led drug development in Dermatology, Kidney Disease,
and Oncology. He held the position of Director, Medical & Regulatory
Affairs at Biovail, and was Medical Director at Eli Lilly & Company in
Finland. Dr. Karjalainen also spent three years as Research Manager and
Core Clinician with Leiras Inc. and Schering AG respectively. Dr.
Karjalainen received his M.D. in 1983 and Ph.D. in 1989 from the University
of Oulu, Finland where he is an Associate
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