Dicot AB announced election of Dr Eva Sjökvist Saers as the new Chairman of the Board of the company, at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on February 9, 2021. She thereby replaces Lars Jonsson, who remains as a member of the board. Dr Sjökvist Saers's 25-year career in life science began immediately after her dissertation in pharmaceutical science when she was recruited to a management role at Astra. There she was, among other things, head of the pharmaceutical research unit at Astra Pain Control. After the merger of Astra and Zeneca, Eva worked with R&D-related strategies for the new company. As CEO of APL, she took the company from being part of the state pharmacy monopoly to a competitive independent company. In a couple of years, sales almost tripled and went from SEK 500 million to SEK 1.3 billion. During the years 2008-2016, Eva was the first ever female chairman of the board of The Pharmacy Society, which dates to the 17th century and is a modern organization for professionals. Eva currently works as a professional board member in several life science companies such as Recipharm and Bluefish Pharmaceuticals. She is also chairman of Vinnova's strategic innovation program Swelife.