Christopher Heery named chief medical officer at Bavarian Nordic

28 September 2016
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Denmark’s Bavarian Nordic (OMX: BAVA) has appointed Christopher Heery as chief medical officer of the company.

In this role, Dr Heery will oversee preclinical and clinical development of the company's infectious disease and immuno-oncology portfolio. He will report to Paul Chaplin, chief executive, and will be based on the east coast of the USA.

Most recently, Dr Heery was director of the Clinical Trials Group of the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He joined the NCI Medical Oncology Branch as a Medical Oncology Fellow in 2009 and also served as an adjunct appointment in the Genitourinary Malignancies Branch. He was also part of the larger effort of the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology to create new immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer.

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