Hansa adds another executive with Calliditas ties

Hansa Biopharma AB (SSE:HNSA) is continuing to add personnel from Calliditas Therapeutics AB in the wake of that company’s acquisition by Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo:3407). Hansa’s new chief legal officer, Brian Gorman, was most recently chief legal officer at aesthetics company Sinclair Pharma Ltd., but was group general counsel at Calliditas through the Asahi Kasei acquisition. New Chief Human Resources Officer Sandra Frithiof was also with Calliditas as VP of human resources.

The hires follow former Calliditas CEO Renée Aguiar-Lucander taking the CEO role at Hansa, a Stockholm-based immunology and kidney company. Others joining Hansa from Calliditas include CMO Richard Philipson and COO Maria Törnsén...