MorphoSys announced the appointment of Roland Wandeler, Ph.D., as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of MorphoSys, effective May 5, 2020. In this newly created role, Mr. Wandeler will lead all global commercial operations as a member of the Management Board of MorphoSys AG. Mr. Wandeler will be responsible for all commercialization activities worldwide and will oversee the Company's U.S. operations with its planned launch of MorphoSys' proprietary anti-CD19 antibody tafasitamab, which is currently under priority review with the FDA. Mr. Roland Wandeler has more than 15 years of commercial leadership and general management experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, with a strong track building and leading sizable affiliates and U.S. franchises across multiple therapeutic areas, including oncology and hematology. Prior to MorphoSys, Mr. Wandeler held positions of increasing responsibility at Amgen Inc., including General Manager Germany in Munich and General Manager Spain & Portugal in Barcelona, before most recently serving as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Amgen's US Bone Health and Cardiology Business Unit in Thousand Oaks, California. Mr. Wandeler initially joined Amgen in 2006 in strategic planning for its international business. Subsequent highlights include sales and business unit leadership roles in Germany at the time of several launches across therapeutic areas.