Intec Pharma Ltd. announced the appointment of Jeffrey A. Meckler as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Meckler was named Vice Chairman of the Intec Pharma Board of Directors in April 2017 and will continue in that role. Giora Carni, a Director since 2006 who has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer since May 2017, will continue to serve on the company's Board. Mr. Meckler has more than 25 years of life sciences executive experience. He spent more than 17 years at Pfizer, where he held leadership positions in corporate strategic planning, acquisitions and business development, market research, manufacturing systems and sales operations analysis. Most recently he was Chief Executive Officer of Cocrystal Pharma Inc.