SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 30, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) (PRIMEZONE) -- Hana Biosciences (Nasdaq:HNAB), a biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing cancer care, today announced the company’s Board of Directors has appointed Leon E. Rosenberg, M.D., as its non-executive chairman. Dr. Rosenberg is the former head of the Pharmaceutical Research Institute at Bristol-Myers Squibb and former Dean of the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Rosenberg has been serving as a director of the company since February 2004.