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Biomira Board appoints Edward A. Taylor to Board of Directors
Biomira Board appoints Edward A. Taylor to Board of Directors.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nEDMONTON, May 18 /CNW/ - Biomira Inc. (Nasdaq:BIOM) (TSX:BRA) today\nannounced that Mr. Edward A. Taylor has been named interim President and CEO\nof Biomira, replacing Dr. Alex McPherson, who stepped down as President and\nCEO effective May 17 2006. As a result of his appointment as interim President\nand CEO, Mr. Taylor was also appointed to the Biomira Board effective May 17,\n2006.\nMr. Taylor is also Biomira's Vice President Finance and Administration\nand Chief Financial Officer. He is a member of the Certified General\nAccountant's Association of Alberta and British Columbia. Prior to joining\nBiomira in May 1995, Mr. Taylor's early career was in the Forest Products\nindustry where he held several senior executive positions, including Corporate\nComptroller for Crestbrook Forest Industries (1977 to 1989) and Vice\nPresident, Administration for Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries (1989 to\n1995). In this role he was one of the key players in the successful\ndevelopment and start up of a $1.3 billion Greenfield pulp mill/forestry\ncomplex. He is a past Chairman of the British Columbia Institute of Technology\nand a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program. Further, Mr. Taylor serves\nas Corporate Secretary for the Biomira Board of Directors. He is also Chairman\nof the Board of Directors for a public Canadian biotechnology company and a\nDirector of a private Canadian biotechnology company.\n\nBiomira\nBiomira is a biotechnology company specializing in the development of\ninnovative therapeutic approaches to cancer management. Biomira's commitment\nto the treatment of cancer currently focuses on the development of synthetic\nvaccines and novel strategies for cancer immunotherapy. We are The Cancer\nVaccine People(TM).\n\n\n\n","length":1811,"tagName":"div"}]