Medivir appoints Vice President, Research & Development Projects

Medivir AB (OMX: MVIR), the research-based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on infectious diseases, is pleased to announce the appointment of Charlotte Edenius to the new position of Vice President, Research & Development Projects, effective 1 November 2010. This newly created position, with responsibility for Medivir’s project portfolio, marks another step in the direction of strategically enhancing Medivir’s R&D organisation, and accordingly, Charlotte will become a member of the company’s management.

Charlotte holds a medical degree and has a Ph.D. from the Karolinska Institute. She joins Medivir from a position as Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Swedish pharmaceutical company Orexo AB. Charlotte’s previous positions also include Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Biolipox AB in 2001-2007 and various executive positions in Experimental Medicine, Clinical R&D AstraZeneca, at Södertälje, Sweden in 1995-2001

“I’m very pleased to bring Charlotte Edenius into Medivir in this position as Vice President, Research & Development Projects where she will bring key competence to our projects. Her very extensive and in-depth knowledge of the life sciences sector, from the research side, preclinical and clinical development, will also reinforce our strategic endeavor to become a profitable medium-sized company within a five-year period, with high growth and a focus on infectious diseases,” commented Bertil Samuelsson, CSO, Research & Development.