Photocure ASA announced the appointment of Susanne Strauss as Vice President and General Manager of Europe, effective 1 July 2020. Most recently Ms. Strauss held the position of General Manager of Asia Pacific for legacy BTG at Boston Scientific based in Hong Kong after leading BTG's Interventional Pulmonology Business as VP Commercial and expanding BTG's Interventional Oncology Business into Europe. Before that she worked in leadership positions for companies such as Convatec, Janssen-Cilag and Baxter. She holds a PhD in Technical Chemistry and an MBA from SDA Bocconi. The appointment follows the agreement to regain the Hexvix[®] sales, marketing and distribution rights in Europe and other markets currently controlled by Ipsen Pharma SAS on 1 October 2020.