Edenius holds a medical degree and has a PhD from the Karolinska Institute. She joined Medivir this month from Swedish pharmaceutical company Orexo, where she was senior vice president and chief scientific officer.
Prior to this, Edenius was vice president and chief scientific officer of Biolipox from 2001–2007 and held various executive positions in experimental medicine, Clinical R&D at AstraZeneca in Sweden.
Medivir’s key pipeline asset, TMC435, a protease inhibitor, is in phase 2b clinical development for Hepatitis C and is partnered with Tibotec Pharmaceuticals.
Medivir appoints vp for r&d projects
Charlotte Edenius takes up newly created position
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