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Alnara Pharmaceuticals makes appointment

 
• By Zoë Dann

Alnara Pharmaceuticals, a US company developing non-systemic orally delivered protein therapeutics for the treatment of metabolic diseases, has appointed Dr Lee Brettman to the newly created position of chief medical officer. He has almost 20 years' pharmaceutical industry leadership experience; before joining Alnara, Dr Brettman was the founder, president and CEO of Dynogen Pharmaceuticals. He has also worked at Oxford Bioscience Partners and Millennium Pharmaceuticals.

Alnara Pharmaceuticals, a US company developing non-systemic orally delivered protein therapeutics for the treatment of metabolic diseases, has appointed Dr Lee Brettman to the newly created position of chief medical officer. He has almost 20 years' pharmaceutical industry leadership experience; before joining Alnara, Dr Brettman was the founder, president and CEO of Dynogen Pharmaceuticals. He has also worked at Oxford Bioscience Partners and Millennium Pharmaceuticals.

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