LEO Pharma lures industry veteran to head global development

29 May 2018
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Privately-held dermatology specialist LEO Pharma today announced that Dr Christian Antoni has been appointed as senior vice president for global development at the Danish firm as of June 1, 2018.

In this role, he will be globally responsible for all areas covering chemistry manufacturing and control, regulatory affairs, clinical operations, medical science and safety as well as project management.

Dr Antoni brings more than 20 year of experience in drug development from academia as well as the pharmaceutical industry to LEO Pharma. For the past 14 years, he has been building and heading global teams from the US at leading pharmaceutical companies such as Schering-Plough, Switzerland’s Novartis (NOVN: VX), and most recently, over the last four years at French drugmaker Sanofi (Euronext: SAN), where he has established and led the therapeutic area for immunology and inflammation.

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