BURLINGTON, Mass., April 25, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coronado Biosciences, Inc., (Nasdaq:CNDO), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel immunotherapy agents for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer, today announced the appointment of Karin Hehenberger, M.D., Ph.D., formerly Senior Vice President of Scientific Affairs, to Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. In this new capacity, Dr. Hehenberger will be responsible for providing strategic scientific input and oversight of the company’s clinical development programs and medical affairs, which expands upon her previous role of broadening the scope of proof of concept trials in autoimmune diseases for the company’s lead compound TSO (Trichuris suis ova or CNDO-201).
