PDA Announces Results of 2020 Board Election and First All-Female Executive Committee

[Press Release]

PDA's Board of Directors is one of the most diverse in the pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical industry.

BETHESDA, MD. (PRWEB) DECEMBER 11, 2020
The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) today announced the results of the 2020 Board of Directors Election for the term beginning January 1, 2021. Members chose from a slate of candidates to fill three director positions, as the composition of the 2021 Executive Committee was determined in the 2019 BoD election.
The 2021 Board of Directors and Executive Committee is the most diverse in PDA’s 70-year history, and features the only all-female team of Officers in the industry (winners of the 2020 election indicated in parentheses):
Executive Committee

Chair: Jette Christensen, Novo Nordisk

Chair-Elect: Susan Schniepp, RCA

Treasurer: Melissa Seymour, Biogen

Secretary: Emma Ramnarine, Genentech/Roche

Imm. Past Chair: Rebecca Devine, Regulatory Consultant

Directors

Barbara Allen, Eli Lilly and Company

Michael Blackton, Adaptimmune

Bettine Boltres, West Pharmaceutical Services (reelected)

Tia Bush, Amgen

Javier Camposano, Celltrion (appointed)

Ghada Haddad, Merck & Co.

Joyce Hansen, Johnson & Johnson

Stephan Krause, AstraZeneca Biologics

Mary Oates, Pfizer (reelected)

Mathias Romacker, Pfizer (ret.)

Anil Sawant, Merck & Co.

Osamu Shirokizawa, Lifescientia (elected)

“I want congratulate the new officers and directors and thank the many members who took the time to vote.” said Richard Johnson, PDA President & CEO. “The diversity of our all-volunteer board of directors helps PDA continue to meet the needs of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical professions around the globe. I also want to thank the other candidates for their commitment to PDA.”
PDA thanks outgoing directors Masahiro Akimoto, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc. and Stephan Roenninger, Amgen who will end their term at the end of 2020.
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About PDA – Connecting People, Science and Regulation
The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is the leading global provider of science, technology and regulatory information and education for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical community. Founded in 1946 as a nonprofit organization, PDA is committed to developing scientifically sound, practical technical information and resources to advance science and regulation through the expertise of its 10,000 members worldwide. Go to http://www.pda.org/footer/about-pda to learn more



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