Clavis Pharma appoints chief business officer

Nicholas Adams takes the role at Norwegian firm

Clavis Pharma, a Norwegian cancer drug development company, has appointed Nicholas Adams as chief business officer. He replaces Jan Alfheim, who has become managing director of Nordic Nanovector.

For the past 12 years, Adams worked for the UK cancer company, Antisoma plc, the majority of the time as vice president business development and a member of the senior management team.

Prior to this, he spent 11 years in various positions at Ciba-Geigy (now Novartis), Eisai and Covance.

Olav Hellebø, ceo of Clavis Pharma, said Adams brings to the company considerable experience in business development, particularly in building partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies, and with a strong focus in oncology.

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