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Napp nabs Dietmar Leitner as MD

 
• By Gemma Sharman

Napp Pharmaceuticals, a company developing drugs for pain control, cancer and respiratory illnesses, has appointed Dietmar Leitner managing director. Mr Leitner joins Napp from Mundipharma Gesellschaft, where he was managing director. He succeeds Antony Mattessich who left the company in May 2011 to become regional director of Europe at Mundipharma International.

Napp Pharmaceuticals, a company developing drugs for pain control, cancer and respiratory illnesses, has appointed Dietmar Leitner managing director. Mr Leitner joins Napp from Mundipharma Gesellschaft, where he was managing director. He succeeds Antony Mattessich who left the company in May 2011 to become regional director of Europe at Mundipharma International.

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