Merus appoints chief medical officer

Company
Merus BV
Appointee name
Setareh van Driel Shamsili
Country

Netherlands

Merus BV of the Netherlands has announced the appointment of Setareh van Driel Shamsili as chief medical officer to help direct the company’s oncology drug development programme. Merus has a bispecific antibody platform. Dr van Driel Shamsili joins Merus from Astellas Pharma where she was global medical leader in oncology. She is a medical doctor and also holds a PhD in neuro-oncology from Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

Merus announced the appointment on 11 December 2012.

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