REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alvotech (NASDAQ:ALVO), a global biotech company specializing in the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide, today announced that Christina Siniscalchi will join its corporate leadership team as interim Chief Quality Officer. Christina succeeds Sandra Casaca, who is leaving the company as a part of other organizational changes. Christina Siniscalchi has for over ten years served in senior quality positions for Alvogen and its manufacturing site in Norwich, NY, most recently as Alvogen's Chief Quality Officer.
"We thank Sandra for her valuable contribution to Alvotech, as she successfully steered our quality team through the recent FDA facility inspection, which now has led to the approval of our interchangeable high-concentration biosimilar to Humira in the U.S.," said Robert Wessman, Chairman and CEO of Alvotech. "Christina will be able to hit the ground running, based on her extensive experience in regulatory compliance and GMP from our sister company, Alvogen. We are excited to have her on board as we are hard at work scaling our manufacturing operations for multiple near-term product launches in global markets. Continuous improvement, quality, and compliance, is at the heart of everything we do."
Christina Siniscalchi has 25 years of experience in the U.S. pharmaceuticals industry. Prior to joining Norwich Pharmaceuticals, now Alvogen, she worked at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals. She holds a Master of Science degree in Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance from Temple University and Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Biology from Georgia Institute of Technology.
About Alvotech
Alvotech is a biotech company, founded by Robert Wessman, focused solely on the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide. Alvotech seeks to be a global leader in the biosimilar space by delivering high quality, cost-effective products, and services, enabled by a fully integrated approach and broad in-house capabilities. Alvotech's current pipeline includes eight disclosed biosimilar candidates aimed at treating autoimmune disorders, eye disorders, osteoporosis, respiratory disease, and cancer. Alvotech has formed a network of strategic commercial partnerships to provide global reach and leverage local expertise in markets that include the United States, Europe, Japan, China, and other Asian countries and large parts of South America, Africa and the Middle East. Alvotech's commercial partners include Teva Pharmaceuticals, a US affiliate of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (US), STADA Arzneimittel AG (EU), Fuji Pharma Co., Ltd (Japan), ...