Athersys, Inc. announced the appointment of Daniel A. Camardo as the company's Chief Executive Officer, effective February 14, 2022. Mr. Camardo is a senior pharmaceutical and biotech executive with more than 25 years of commercial leadership experience. As Chief Executive Officer, he will lead Athersys forward to complete the development, approval, launch, and commercialization of the Company's MultiStem® (invimestrocel) cell therapy for the treatment of serious conditions, including ischemic stroke.

Mr. William (B.J.) Lehmann, who has served most recently as interim CEO, will continue to serve as the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer, the position he held prior to his interim appointment. Mr. Camardo currently serves as Executive Vice President and Head of the Rare Disease and Inflammation Business Units and President, U.S. at Horizon Therapeutics (Horizon), where he has led a broad commercial transformation and built out new capabilities to support a portfolio of products in the rare disease and specialty medicines space. Prior to this, he led commercial operations for Horizon and helped transform the small specialty products company into a global biotechnology company focused on rare, autoimmune, and severe inflammatory diseases.