The Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit pharmaceutical company in the United States, announced today that Bryan L. Walser, MD, JD, would join the company as Chief Operating Officer.

“Dr. Walser’s background in global health, coupled with his corporate and business experience, make him a valuable addition to OneWorld Health’s senior management team,” said Dr. Victoria Hale, Founder and CEO.

Walser previously served as Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Affairs for Chiron Corporation in Emeryville, California, where he had been responsible for a variety of strategic and operational initiatives since 2001. Prior to his work at Chiron, Walser had been a principal with WRW Advisors in Los Angeles, California, and an emergency room physician at UCLA. Before that, he worked for five years with The Boston Consulting Group’s healthcare practice, based in Los Angeles. Walser holds a BS in Biology from Stanford University and an MD from the University of Virginia, as well as a JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Walser has also served as a Fulbright Fellow in Indonesia, and conducted biomedical and epidemiological research in the favelas of northeastern Brazil.

"I believe that OneWorld Health is at the right place, at the right time, to make a meaningful difference in the world,” said Walser. “I look forward to helping iOWH apply the energy and effectiveness of the private sector towards its public health goals of expanding treatment options for patients in the developing world.

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE FOR ONEWORLD HEALTH

The Institute for OneWorld Health, the first U.S. nonprofit pharmaceutical company, develops safe, effective, affordable medicines for people with diseases of the developing world. OneWorld Health applies its entrepreneurial business model to the unmet medical needs of the developing world through its staff of experienced pharmaceutical scientists who identify promising leads and drive drug development from pre-clinical studies to clinical trials through regulatory approval. The Institute for OneWorld Health was founded by Dr. Victoria Hale in 2000 and receives funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other donors. The Institute for OneWorld Health, headquartered in San Francisco, USA, is a tax-exempt 501(c) (3) U.S. corporation. More information about The Institute for OneWorld Health can be found at www.oneworldhealth.org . Media resources are available at www.oneworldhealth.org/media/index.php