Amarna Therapeutics names industry vet Dr Henk Streefkerk as new CEO

7 June 2023

Privately-held Dutch biotech Amarna Therapeutics has appointed Dr Henk Streefkerk as the company’s new chief executive and medical director.

He succeeds Steen Klysner, who served as CEO for the past three years. Since mid-2022 Dr Streefkerk has been medical director of Amarna, which is developing transformative gene therapies in a range of rare and prevalent diseases, including hemophilia B.

Dr Streefkerk has a distinguished career as CMO of several biotechs, including PIQUR Therapeutics, Cellprotera and Rivia, and brings over a decade of experience working in big pharma including Novartis (NOVN: VX), Actelion and Organon. As clinical pharmacologist/safety leader he led the global product safety team, overseeing safety analyses, regulatory submissions, and post-marketing safety surveillance for a heart failure drug. He also significantly contributed to the approval of an anti-cancer drug.

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