NOVATO, Calif., March 28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (“Raptor” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:RPTP), announced the appointment of Henk Doude van Troostwijk as its General Manager of European Commercial Operations, effective April 15, 2012. Mr. Doude van Troostwijk will be responsible for building and managing Raptor’s commercial operations in Europe initially focusing on the potential launch and subsequent marketing of RP103 for nephropathic cystinosis in anticipation of the European Medicines Agency’s approval of Raptor’s marketing application. Raptor is planning to base its European headquarters in Leiden, the Netherlands.