Thomas Ramdahl appointed Managing Director of Algeta ASA


OSLO, Norway, March 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Ramdahl succeeds Algeta's former CEO Andrew Kay.

Thomas Ramdahl has been with Algeta in various leadership roles since 2001, including serving as the CEO until 2009. "We formed our first partnership with Bayer in 2009, and since then we have developed our lead product Xofigo together. It's exciting to now work as a united company, and I am really looking forward to the times ahead" commented Dr. Ramdahl.

Thomas Ramdahl reports to Oliver Rittgen, the CEO of Bayer Nordic and the Chairman of the Board at Algeta ASA.

For more information:

Thomas Ramdahl, tel. +47 23 00 79 90
Managing Director, Algeta ASA, a Bayer company

Oliver Rittgen, tel +358 20 785 8580
CEO, Bayer Nordic

Niko Palosuo, tel. +358 40 744 1872
Head of Communications, Bayer Nordic

Press release http://hugin.info/134655/R/1768809/601348.pdf

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