IRLAB Therapeutics AB announced that its CEO Richard Godfrey is leaving his position and that the Board of directors has appointed Gunnar Olsson as Interim CEO. Gunnar Olsson (b. 1953) was elected to IRLAB's Board of Directors in 2017 and has been Chairman of the Board since 2020. He is a licensed physician, holds a Ph.D., and is a specialist in cardiology and internal medicine. Between 1998 and 2010, he was an adjunct professor at the Department of
Medicine at Karolinska Institutet. Gunnar Olsson is also an honorary Doctor of Medicine at the University of Gothenburg. He has more than 30 years of experience in leading positions in the life science industry. He has been Vice President & Head of Cardiovascular and Gastrointestinal Therapy Areas in Global R&D at AstraZeneca and has served on several boards of biotech companies and the European Society of Cardiology. Details of current board assignments are available on the company's website.