Atlantic Healthcare Names US Management

Executive Summary

Atlantic Healthcare plc. has named the management team which will lead its newly established US commercial and business development operations, based in North Carolina. The specialty pharma company, which focuses on gastrointestinal disorders, has appointed Sireesh Appajosyula vice president (VP) product commercialisation, Jonathan Drutz VP corporate and business development and Jordan Zwick director of corporate and business development. Appajosyula joins Atlantic from Salix Pharmaceuticals, where he led the company’s inflammatory bowel disease division. Drutz has been involved in a variety of life science ventures, acting as a business development executive, investor and consultant. Zwick most recently led business development and corporate strategy at Chimerix, having previously been at Salix and Medtronic.