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Omeros Corporation Hires Andreas Grauer M.D. as Chief Medical Officer
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) today announced that Andreas Grauer, M.D., has been named Omeros’ chief medical officer. In his
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[{"type":"text","content":" SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nOmeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) today announced that Andreas Grauer, M.D., has been named Omeros’ chief medical officer. In his new role, Dr. Grauer will be responsible for guiding all clinical activities globally for the company, including clinical development and operations, medical affairs, safety, and biometrics. A highly tenured physician, scientist and pharmaceutical leader, Dr. Grauer brings to Omeros over 20 years of industry experience across a broad range of therapeutic areas including inflammation, nephrology, oncology, neurology, endocrinology, and metabolism.\n\n\n“We are very pleased to welcome Andreas to Omeros’ leadership team,” said Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer of Omeros. “Andreas brings tremendous depth and breadth of clinical leadership expertise, a proven track record of worldwide BLA and NDA approvals, and a strategic approach to pipeline and product development that includes successful management of complex global alliances. I am confident that Andreas will deliver for our organization as we seek to maximize the value of our extensive development pipeline.”\n\n\nWith more than two decades overseeing development programs spanning phases 1b, 2, 3, and 4, resulting in multiple BLA and NDA approvals in US, Canada, Europe, and Japan as well as lifecycle management, Dr. Grauer has served in leadership roles at both large and small biopharmaceutical companies. He joins Omeros from Federation Bio where, as chief medical officer, he led all clinical activities with a focus on hyperoxaluria and immuno-oncology. Prior to that, Dr. Grauer was chief medical officer at Corcept Therapeutics, leading its global development organization in the design and execution of phase 1 through phase 3 clinical programs in oncology, neurology, endocrinology, and metabolism indications. Before his time at Corcept, Dr. Grauer held several roles of increasing responsibility at Amgen, most recently serving as vice president of global development, therapeutic area head, and co-chair of the franchise steering committee for bone, nephrology and inflammation. While in that role, he was responsible for franchise strategy and four global filings across multiple therapeutic areas. Earlier in his career, Dr. Grauer was at Proctor and Gamble Pharmaceuticals where he held roles as gl...