Midatech Pharma PLC Announces Appointment of Chief Scientific Officer
Midatech Pharma PLC ('Midatech' or the 'Company') Midatech Strengthens Management Team with Appointment of Dr. Dmitry Zamoryakhin as Chief Scientific OfficerABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE / ACCESSWIRE / July 12, 2021 / Midatech Pharma PLC (AIM:MTPH; …
Midatech Pharma PLC ('Midatech' or the 'Company') Midatech Strengthens Management Team with Appointment of Dr. Dmitry Zamoryakhin as Chief Scientific Officer
ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE / ACCESSWIRE / July 12, 2021 / Midatech Pharma PLC (AIM:MTPH; Nasdaq:MTP), a drug delivery technology company focused on improving the bio-delivery and biodistribution of medicines, announces the appointment of Dr. Dmitry Zamoryakhin as Chief Scientific Officer, a non-board role, with immediate effect.
Dr. Zamoryakhin has broad experience across all phases of development of drugs and medical devices, working with regulatory authorities including the EMA, FDA, PMDA, and NMPA. Most recently, he was Chief Medical Officer of Oxford Biomedica plc (LON: OXB), having previously held positions of increasing responsibility at Grunenthal GmbH, Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited (TYO: 4568), Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Limited (TYO: 4528), and GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON:GSK, NYSE: GSK). He qualified as a doctor of medicine at Perm State Medical Academy, Russia, before earning a diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine at PHARMED, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, and an MBA at Warwick Business School.
Dr. Zamoryakhin will take over from Steve Damment, EVP R&D who, after six years with the Company, has decided to retire from full-time employment at the end of September 2021.
Commenting, Stephen Stamp, CEO, and CFO of Midatech said: 'I am delighted to welcome Dmitry to the Midatech team. He is a medic, was big pharma trained, and has been biotech battle hardened. His breadth of experience will be invaluable as we move our Q-Sphera programmes and MTX110 through proof of concept to partnering.
'On behalf of everybody at Midatech, I should also like to express our thanks to Steve Damment for his service to the Company and, in particular, the key role he has played in championing MTX110.'
For more information, please contact:
Midatech Pharma PLC |
Stephen Stamp, CEO, CFO |
Tel: +44 (0)29 2048 0180 |
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) |
Freddy Crossley, Emma Earl (Corporate Finance) |