Medivir's CFO Will Leave his Position - Successor Recruitment Underway

STOCKHOLM, May 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Medivir AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: MVIR) today announces that Ola Burmark, Chief Financial Officer at Medivir will be leaving his position. He will continue to fulfill his duties until end of August. A recruitment process has begun to find his replacement.

"Medivir has transformed into an oncology-focused research and development company with a broad pipeline of attractive projects. Ola has been an instrumental part of the executive leadership team in creating the new company and I want to thank him for his contributions and wish him good luck in his future career," says Christine Lind, CEO of Medivir.

"I have had a rewarding and instructive time at Medivir and the privilege to be involved in the most intense years of the company's changes. Medivir is on a new journey with a vision to improve life for cancer patients through the development of transformative drugs and thus this is a good time to transition", says Ola Burmark.

A recruitment firm has been retained and the process of finding a successor has started.

For further information, please contact:

Christine Lind,
CEO Medivir AB,
Mobile +46 (0) 72-704-3211

About Medivir

Medivir is a research-based pharmaceutical company with a focus on oncology. We have a leading competence within protease inhibitor design and nucleotide/nucleoside science and we are dedicated to develop innovative pharmaceuticals that meet great unmet medical needs. Medivir is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap List.

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