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Dr. Terry Klassen has been appointed to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), for a threeyear term. Klassen is a pediatric emergency physician, a clinician scientist and one of the country’s leading pediatric researchers. He is also director of research for the Manitoba Institute of Child Health, an associate dean and academic in the faculty of medicine at the University of Manitoba, as well as professor and director of research in the department of pediatrics and child health.
Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. appoints James Rae as its independent chairman of the company’s board of directors. He takes over from Bioniche president and CEO, Graeme McRae. Rae has been the CEO of London, ON-based Viron Therapeutics Inc. since 2007. He has over 30 years of experience in the manufacturing, marketing, financial and R&D operations of both pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, as well as experience in financing from public, private and government sectors and in deal-making with multinational companies. He presently holds directorships in three Canadian biotech companies and has previous experience as a director on the boards of a number of publicly-traded biotechnology companies. Response Biomedical Corporation appoints Dr. Jonathan Wang as a director. Dr. Wang was a previous director of the company from July 27, 2010 to Oct. 20, 2011.Dr. Wang is a senior managing director, Asia at OrbiMed. He is a co-founder and partner at OrbiMed’s Asia-focused
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VC fund. Previously, he was general manager at Burrill Greater China Group and worked for WI Harper Group and Walden International, two pioneers in the Asia-related VC industry. Dr. Wang is also a board director at ForteBio, Inc., EA, Inc. and PharmAbcine, Inc. He is a co-founder and former Chairman of The BayHelix Group. He holds a PhD. in molecular neurobiology from Columbia University where he obtained scientific training under the supervision of Dr. Eric Kandel, a Nobel Laureate. Dr. Wang also earned an MBA. from Stanford University. Cangene Corporation announces the appointment of Michael Adelman as vice president, commercial operations. Adelman will be responsible for worldwide sales, marketing and distribution of Cangene’s products. He brings to the
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role nearly 20 years of experience in life sciences with expertise in pharmaceutical sales and marketing, strategic planning, and general management. He will be based in Cangene’s Pennsylvania office. Adelman was previously vice president, marketing and sales at Adolor Corporation. Prior to that, he held positions of increasing responsibility at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP in marketing and sales. He holds an MBA from New York University, Stern School of Business and a bachelor of science in business administration, with a concentration in finance, from Northeastern University, Boston. Canadian healthcare services company Centric Health Corporation appoints David Cutler as president and CEO of the company. He will assume his responsibilities this month. Cutler joins Centric Health from Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation, Canada’s fifth largest operator of senior’s housing and the third largest licensed long-term care provider in Ontario, where he is president and CEO, a position he has held since 2005. He began his career with Leisureworld in 1990 as vice president of operations and became COO in 1999. In 1993, he was elected to the board of Ontario Nursing Home Association
(ONHA), the predecessor of the Ontario Long-Term Care Association (OLTCA), where he also served as the president and currently serves as vice president at large. He also served on the board of directors of Futuremed Healthcare Products Corporation from May 2010 to March 2012. The board of directors of the BC Innovation Council (BCIC) announce the appointment of John Jacobson as the organization’s new president & CEO. Jacobson is a seasoned British Columbian entrepreneur and business leader. Prior to joining BCIC, he was president and CEO of Monexa Technologies Inc., where he led the transformation of the pioneering internet service provider from the 1990’s into a leader in billing and payment services in the cloud. Before Monexa, John held leadership roles at Offshore Systems International (OSI Geospatial), MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates and PSC Group. Pharmexx Canada Inc. announces the appointment of Hans Christian Hansen as managing director. Hansen has 14 years of experience in sales, marketing, business development and alliance management from markets across Canada, Europe and Asia. He began his career in 1999 with LEO Pharma
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of Denmark and in 2008 Hansen joined Invida of Singapore, a pharmaceutical commercialization services company in Asia. He has a Master of Science in International Business and Modern Languages, holds a Diploma of the Nordic Pharmaceutical Industry Association (Lif), and has completed INSEAD Executive Leadership Training. Biosign Technologies Inc. announces the appointment of Robert Kaul as CEO effective immediately. Kaul has over 23 years of experience in sales, marketing, operations and a successful track record leading earlystage technology companies. Since 2005, he has assisted a number of Canadian companies to enter the US market, including Luna Technologies International Inc (where he served as director of operations) and ARA Safety Inc. (where he was COO). Kaul is the former CEO of Cloud Diagnostics LLC, a healthcare IT distribution company he founded in 2009. In June 2010, Biosign acquired the assets of Cloud Diagnostics, and from July 2010 to June 2011 Kaul served as executive vice president of Biosign, where he focused on international sales & business development. He then served in a consulting capacity for the company, and in July 2012, he joined the company’s board of directors.
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