Omeros Corporation announced that Andreas Grauer, M.D., has been named Omeros? chief medical officer. In his new role, Dr. Grauer will be responsible for guiding all clinical activities globally for the company, including clinical development and operations, medical affairs, safety, and biometrics.

A highly tenured physician, scientist and pharmaceutical leader, Dr. Grauer brings to Omeros over 20 years of industry experience across a broad range of therapeutic areas including inflammation, nephrology, oncology, neurology, endocrinology, and metabolism. With more than two decades overseeing development programs spanning phases 1b, 2, 3, and 4, resulting in multiple BLA and NDA approvals in US, Canada, Europe, and Japan as well as lifecycle management, Dr. Grauer has served in leadership roles at both large and small biopharmaceutical companies. He joins Omeros from Federation Bio where, as chief medical officer, he led all clinical activities with a focus on hyperoxaluria and immuno-oncology.

Prior to that, Dr. Grauer was chief medical officer at Corcept Therapeutics, leading its global development organization in the design and execution of phase 1 through phase 3 clinical programs in oncology, neurology, endocrinology, and metabolism indications. Before his time at Corcept, Dr. Grauer held several roles of increasing responsibility at Amgen, most recently serving as vice president of global development, therapeutic area head, and co-chair of the franchise steering committee for bone, nephrology and inflammation. While in that role, he was responsible for franchise strategy and four global filings across multiple therapeutic areas.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Grauer was at Proctor and Gamble Pharmaceuticals where he held roles as global executive medical director for bone and for new technology development. Dr. Grauer received his medical degree from the University of Heidelberg Medical School, Germany, where he also completed his medical training in internal medicine and endocrinology. He did research in molecular and cellular endocrinology both there and during a post-doctoral fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine.

He holds an active associate professorship of medicine at the University of Heidelberg Medical School and has authored over 120 publications in top-tier journals.