Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. announced that Dr. Ingrid Heinze-Krauss will retire after 15 years with the company. Basilea named Dr. Günter Ditzinger, currently Head of Pharmaceutics, to succeed Dr. Heinze-Krauss in the role of Chief Technology Officer and as a member of the management committee effective February 1, 2016. Dr. Ditzinger joined Basilea in 2002 as CMC Project Leader & Pharmaceutical Development Manager.

He was promoted in 2009 to Head of Pharmaceutics in which position he led the pharmaceutical development and manufacturing group and acted as Dr. Heinze-Krauss' deputy. Prior to joining Basilea, he held various positions with increasing responsibility at Hoechst Marion Roussel in Frankfurt, Germany and at Novartis Pharma AG in Basel, Switzerland.