CorFlow Therapeutics任命Chris O'Connell為董事會主席
瑞士巴爾--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(美國商業資訊)-- CorFlow Therapeutics AG (CorFlow) 高興地宣布，Chris O'Connell將接替Rick Geoffrion成為董事會主席，後者將繼續擔任董事會董事。Chris是醫療器材、生命科學和全球保健產業備受推崇的高階主管、董事會成員和顧問。Chris曾在Medtronic（MDT）工作了21年，在公司快速擴張時期任職於多個業務領域和職能部門，在成為執行副總裁暨Restorative Therapies Group總裁之前，他曾在心血管和糖尿病業務部門擔任高級領導職務，並曾任Medtronic執行委員會成員長達九年。後來，Chris出任Waters Corporation（WAT）執行長兼總裁，在他的領導下，公司的業務和股價連續五年強勁成長。目前，Chris擔任醫療器材、生命科學和診斷領域創新成長公司以及多家非營利組織的獨立董事。
CorFlow執行長Paul Mead表示：「Chris為處於關鍵發展階段的CorFlow帶來了非凡的策略和營運智慧，他的經驗將使公司受益匪淺。Chris擁有豐富的企業和董事會經驗，並曾在許多併購交易中擔任買方，因此他清楚地瞭解醫療技術領域各職能部門的卓越標準有多高。我代表董事會、股東和員工對他的加入表示熱烈歡迎。」
Paul補充說：「我想藉此機會對Rick Geoffrion在過去幾年中給予我們的個人支援和承諾表示衷心的感謝，我很高興他將以獨立身分繼續留在我們的董事會。」
Chris加入CorFlow之際，公司正著手實現雄心勃勃的B輪融資目標，其中包括兩項平行臨床試驗、一項旨在獲得美國市場銷售授權的FDA IDE試驗和一項在歐洲具有里程碑意義的隨機治療試驗。CorFlow致力於成為首家能夠為微血管阻塞的心臟病患者提供診斷及治療技術的公司，其精確的系統可介入心臟科專家的現有工作流程。該公司的首個人體MOCA I 研究結果已在最近的TCT和EuroPCR科學大會上公布，臨床前研究結果也已在歐洲心臟學會大會上發表。CorFlow在2024年底與一家國際創投財團完成了4,400萬歐元的B輪融資，近期亦追加了更多用於擴大臨床、研發和能力提升的資金。
Chris表示：「我很榮幸能加入CorFlow團隊，有機會幫助微血管阻塞患者解決尚未得到滿足的巨大醫療需求，這對我來說是莫大的激勵。CorFlow的變革性技術、才華橫溢的執行長及其團隊以及經驗豐富的投資者團體將共同推動突破性的成功。我們具備了取得卓越成就的所有要素。」
關於CorFlow Therapeutics： CorFlow總部位於瑞士巴爾，致力於成為在人體任何需要恢復健康微循環血流的部位提供診斷和治療解決方案的領導者。在瑞士創新署（Innosuisse）的資助下，CorFlow與伯恩大學、蘇黎世聯邦理工學院和蘇黎世大學醫院的研究人員密切合作，持續探索心臟及其之外領域的應用。
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