LEO Pharma splits R&D unit; announces appointment

14 March 2023

To achieve its goal of being a leader in medical dermatology, Denmark’s LEO Pharm today announced – in early 2023 - a significant shift in R&D to a research model, which aims at driving the early-stage pipeline with externally sourced innovation.

Equally important for LEO Pharma is to maximize the value to patients of our three assets in late-stage development: tralokinumab, delgocitinib and IL-22R, ensuring competitive labels and the fastest possible approvals and launches to bring first- and best-in-class solutions to patients.

To support these two critical pillars, LEO Pharma today announced a split of its research and development (R&D) organization into two distinct areas, both represented in the global leadership team (GLT). The two GLT members - a chief scientific officer and a chief development officer – will both report to chief executive Christophe Bourdon.

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