Xellia Manufacturing Collage 2023

Copenhagen, Denmark, 2 October 2023 - Xellia Pharmaceuticals (‘Xellia’), a global leader in the manufacturing of specialty anti-infective treatments and critical care therapies, today welcomes Michael Kocher as its new Chief Executive Officer. With more than a decade of experience in commercial leadership roles at Novartis and Sandoz, Michael Kocher has significant expertise in the complexities of the global pharmaceutical landscape. His tenure at Sandoz, where he served as Global Head of Commercial Operations and subsequently as Global Head of B2B, underscored his pivotal role in transforming the company into a leading global partner within the industry. A native of Germany and a trained chemist, Michael Kocher's expertise and vision align with Xellia Pharmaceuticals' commitment to delivering anti-infective treatments and critical care therapies.

Xellia Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing,manufacturing and commercializing anti-infective treatments againstserious and often life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections. Xellia isa world-leading trusted supplier of several important established antiinfectivedrugs, comprising active pharmaceutical ingredients as well asfinished dosage forms, where the majority are injectable drug products.Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark and owned by Novo HoldingsA/S, Xellia Pharmaceuticals has more than 1800 employees globally.From state-of-the-art manufacturing sites in the U.S., China, Denmarkand Hungary to R&D sites in Norway and Croatia; Xellia Pharmaceuticalsexcels within innovative product development to deliver high qualityproducts to its customers.

Copenhagen, Denmark, 14 June 2023 - Xellia Pharmaceuticals (‘Xellia’), a global leading pharmaceutical company, announces the appointment of Michael Kocher as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Michael Kocher, Head of Global B2B-Business in Sandoz and Country President of Novartis in Austria is appointed as CEO of Xellia starting 1 October 2023 where he will replace Carl-Åke Carlsson, who has been with Xellia as CEO since 2008.

Copenhagen, Denmark and Buffalo Grove, IL, USA - 16 December 2022 Xellia Pharmaceuticals announced today it has joined a new coalition of diverse stakeholders to address drug shortages in the United States. The End Drug Shortages Alliance provides a forum for key stakeholders to take strategic aim at one of health care’s more pressing and enduring issues, drug shortages that disrupt patient care. 

Sustainability and AMR advocacy

We are very pleased to share the update on our partnership with SOS Children’s Villages, with the release of the End Year Report 2022– which provides an overview of the highlights of the year on the support initiatives Xellia has focused on with SOS Children’s Villages, to help families living in hardship. In addition to Xellia’s corporate partnership funding which focuses on Eldoret, Kenya – our colleagues have shown immense engagement raising funds for supplementary needs and projects for both SOS Children’s Villages in Eldoret, Kenya and for other SOS Children’s Villages around the world which we have collaborated with.

Xellia Pharmaceuticals’ support of the Family Strengthening Program surrounds the Programs’ focus on working jointly with community-based organizations, volunteers and local authorities to build effective support systems for struggling families through assisting with vital everyday needs. This can include mat...

Xellia and SOS Children’s Villages partnership

Copenhagen, Denmark, 18 April 2023 - Xellia Pharmaceuticals (‘Xellia’ or the ‘Group’), a specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on providing anti-infective treatments and other critical care therapies for serious and often life-threatening conditions, reports its business update for the year ending December 31, 2022 and outlook for 2023.