Affitech appoints cfo

Stig Jarle Pettersen was formerly a consultant to the Danish antibody medicines firm

Affitech, a Danish antibody medicines company, has appointed Stig Jarle Pettersen as chief financial officer.

Pettersen will be a member of the executive management of Affitech with managing director Martin Welschof and chief scientific officer Alexander Duncan.

Pettersen is a Norwegian state authorised public accountant with more than 20 years of experience at Hafslund Nycomed, Helicopter Services Group, Alpharma, Actavis and most recently as chief financial officer at Xellia Pharmaceuticals.

Pettersen worked as a consultant for Affitech in September 2009 and participated in the process of restructuring and refinancing the company. He now joins the company when, due to investment by TransNova in April, it is able to finance the further development of its two leading drug candidates in collaboration with NTSPlus of Russia.

Affitech expects to file a Clinical Trial Application in 2011 for its anti-VEGF antibody AT001/r84, whose main indication is for anti-angiogenesis treatment in several cancers.

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