Immuron Appoints Chief Operating & Scientific Officer
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Immuron Appoints Chief Operating & Scientific Officer
28 July 2015, Melbourne, Australia: Immuron is pleased to announce the appointment of
Dr. Jerry Kanellos to serve as the Company’s new Chief Operating and Scientific Officer.
Dr Jerry Kanellos has over twenty years experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology
industry, and has held leadership roles in business development, project management, intellectual
property portfolio management, research and development and senior management, and holds a
PhD in Medicine from the University of Melbourne.
Dr. Kanellos spent five years with TransBio Limited where as Chief Operating Officer, he was
responsible for the strategic identification, development and maintenance of commercial
partnerships globally, along with development, management and maintenance responsibility for
the intellectual property portfolio, research & development and technology transfer.
Prior to this, Dr. Kanellos work for five years as a consultant to the biotech industry and has
provided development and commercialisation strategies for various bodies including academic
institutes, private and publicly listed companies and government departments. He has also been
involved in the establishment and management of several startup biotechnology companies.
During his ten years tenure in research and development at CSL Limited, Dr. Kanellos gained
considerable experience in the drug development process, formulation development through to
pharmaceutical scale-up and cGMP manufacture successfully leading the Chemistry,
Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) programs for the approval, manufacture and launch of several
products.
Immuron Chairman Dr. Roger Aston commented that:
“Dr. Kanellos’ past experience in vaccine development, clinical trial management, and
regulatory affairs will provide great support to our Manufacturing capability and will
compliment the efforts of Immuron’s VP of Innovation Dan Peres in the NASH and ASH
Clinical Trial programs further development of other pipeline hyperimmune opportunities.
The Board wish to welcome Dr. Kanellos to the Company and believes he will be a very
valuable addition to the team.”
Contacts:
Dr Roger Aston
Non-Executive Chairman
+61 (0) 402 762 204
Suite 1, 1233 High Street
Armadale, Victoria
AUSTRALIA
3143
Amanda Loh
Buchan Consulting
+61 (0)3 9866 4722
www.immuron.com
ABN: 80 063 114 045
Phone:
+ 61 (0)3 9824 5254
Facsimile: + 61 (0)3 9822 7735
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