On December 1, 2022 Scandion Oncology (Scandion), a biotech company developing first-in-class medicines aimed at treating cancer which is resistant to current treatment options, reported that the company’s Board of Directors has appointed Francois Martelet as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (Press release, Scandion Oncology, DEC 1, 2022, View Source;m-d–as-new-chief-executive-officer,c3675834 [SID1234624701]). Francois will take up his new position on January 2, 2023.
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Trained as a Medical Doctor with a Master’s degree in Business, Francois Martelet is an experienced executive and CEO with a career spanning more than 30 years in the global pharmaceutical and biotech industry and more than 20 years of experience as an executive. He has significant experience within early and late-stage clinical development in oncology (cancer) as well as business and partnership development.
"We are delighted to appoint Francois Martelet as the new CEO of Scandion. Francois brings a wealth of highly relevant experiences to Scandion as an experienced and passionate business leader with the qualifications to successfully develop Scandion and our lead asset, SCO-101", says Martin Møller, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Scandion.
Francois Martelet has worked and held leadership positions in large pharmaceutical companies including Roche, Eli Lilly, Novartis and MSD. He has also been the CEO of a number of biotech companies, most recently Vivesto AB, where he completed a full turnaround and led the build-up of an oncology pipeline through organic and external growth.
"I am very excited by the opportunity to join and lead Scandion in its pursuit to revert cancer drug resistance, which would make a tremendous difference to patients. Scandion has a huge medical and therefore commercial potential which I am looking forward to help fulfil", says Francois Martelet.
Acting CEO & CFO Johnny Stilou will continue in this role until January 2, 2023, and afterwards resume his role as CFO of Scandion.