Nanonization company Nanoform has named former Hovione Senior Project Manager Miguel Cansado as Director of Project Management. Cansado is the third former Hovione employee to join Nanoform this year, following the appointments of Miguel Calado as Vice Chairman of the Board and Gonçalo Rebelo de Andrade as Chief of Business Operations.
Cansado said, “I am very pleased to be joining Nanoform at such an exciting time, as the company matures into a larger organization that still retains exceptional agility. I look forward to helping our partners solve their complex drug development problems to produce outstanding new therapies.”
The company said that hiring Cansado in conjunction with building a new GMP production facility “will enable Nanoform to achieve its aim of doubling the number of drug compounds that reach clinical trials.”
Nanoform CEO Edward Hæggström commented, “Miguel’s exceptional experience in the provision of large-scale manufacturing projects will be integral to achieving our ambitions in the next few years. I am delighted to welcome him to the company as a member of the senior leadership team.”
Read the Nanoform press release.
