Helix BioPharma makes two appointments

Jack Kay as chairman and Professor Kazimierz Roszkowski-Sliz as European Medical Director

Helix BioPharma, a Canadian developer of cancer drugs, has appointed Jack Kay as chairman of the Board. Kay replaces Donald Segal in this capacity, although Segal remains as Helix’s chief executive and a director of the company.

Helix has also hired Professor Kazimierz Roszkowski-Śliż as European Medical Director, to provide critical oversight and direction for Helix’s upcoming European L-DOS47 clinical programme.

Kay has been a director of Helix since 2005. He has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 45 years, and since 1995 has been president of Apotex.

Professor Roszkowski-Śliż is an expert in the field of lung disease and lung cancers, and is a director at the National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute in Warsaw, Poland, where he is also head of the clinical department.

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