Addex Pharmaceuticals appoints ceo

Bharatt Chowrira has a strong track record in biopharmaceutical industry

Addex Pharmaceuticals, a Swiss biopharmaceutical company pioneering allosteric modulation-based drug discovery and development, has appointed of Bharatt Chowrira as chief executive. Chowrira has a strong track record in the biopharmaceutical industry with more than 17 years of experience, combining research, licensing, corporate development, operations and legal expertise.

Chowrira joins Addex after serving at Nektar Therapeutics, a US biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics based on advanced polymer conjugate chemistry, as senior vice president and chief operating officer until January this year.

Prior to Nektar, he was executive director, Worldwide Licensing & External Research at Merck & Co. He has also served as vice president of Sirna Therapeutics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck, where his responsibilities included strategic planning and licensing.

Addex has also dissolved its transition committee, which was led by Addex vice-chairman Vincent Lawton and included André Mueller and Ray Hill, director. The transition committee was set up as an interim measure following the departure of the former ceo. In addition, Mueller has reverted to the position of non-executive chairman.

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