Cardiome Pharma Corp. announced that CEO Doug Janzen has left the Company. Dr. William Hunter, a member of the Company's board of directors, has been appointed interim CEO. Mr. Janzen joined the company as Chief Financial Officer in January 2003 and occupied positions of increasing responsibility until his appointment as CEO in August of 2009. Dr. Hunter was most recently a founder and the CEO of Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. His first tasks will be to review all current activities of the Company with the immediate objective of optimizing the spend rate, to define the strategic direction of the Company, and to put in place a plan for identifying a long-term CEO.