MediWound Ltd. announced the appointment of Shmulik Hess, Ph.D. to the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial Officer effective as of December 1, 2023. Dr. Hess will lead and oversee all operational and commercial activities at MediWound. Dr. Hess has over two decades of extensive expertise in drug development and commercial operations in healthcare.

He possesses a wealth of leadership experience in operational strategies, sales, and commercial facets within the global biopharma industry. Prior to joining MediWound, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Tabby Therapeutics, Enlivex Therapeutics and Valin Technologies. Formerly, Dr. Hess served as a global operations executive at SciGen Ltd. Dr. Hess is the inventor of multiple patents and author of numerous publications in peer reviewed scientific journals.

He received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science from the Hebrew University, Israel and was a research fellow at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST).