Mesoblast Limited announced that it has appointed Dr. Philip R. Krause, a member of the Board of Directors, to a formal strategic advisory role. Dr. Krause was formerly Deputy Director of the Office of Vaccines Research and Review at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) and is an internationally recognized expert on development and regulatory aspects of biologic products. Dr. Krause will advise the company on its regulatory strategies related to broadening out the remestemcel-L platform, including the ground-breaking treatment for steroid-refractory acute graft versus host disease (SR-aGVHD), inflammatory bowel disease and inflammatory lung disease, and the second-generation platform rexlemestrocel-L, including the Phase 3 product candidates for discogenic chronic lower back pain and inflammatory heart failure.