IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IDM Pharma (Nasdaq:IDMI) announced today that Robert De Vaere has joined the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective May 2, 2007. Mr. De Vaere served most recently from August 2006 until April 2007 as the CFO of Nexa Orthopedics, which was acquired by Tornier in February 2007. Prior to that, Mr. De Vaere served as the Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of IDM Pharma from August 2005 to March 2006, and was Vice President and CFO of Epimmune from May 2000 until the business combination with IDM in August 2005. Prior to joining Epimmune in May 2000, Mr. De Vaere was with Vista Medical Technologies, Inc., a medical device company, from January 1996 to May 2000, where he served as Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Earlier in his career, Mr. De Vaere held accounting, finance and administrative positions within the electronics and aerospace industries. Mr. De Vaere received a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
