About us Services Careers Contact us Privacy Coripharma adds Senior Sourcing Manager and Portfolio Manager to the growing team 01. Nov 2021 Coripharma today announced that Stefan Karlsson is joining the company as Senior Sourcing Manager and Fjalar Jóhannsson has been appointed as Portfolio Manager. As Senior Sourcing Manager, Stefan will be responsible for the evaluation, selection and sourcing of raw materials for both R&D projects and the contract manufactured products. In addition to this, Stefan will be responsible for selecting and managing strategic suppliers of Coripharma and overseeing category management. Stefan’s experience in the pharmaceutical industry spans over 15 years. He has a sound knowledge of the requirements needed to develop and commercialize products for various markets such as EU, US and Japan. Over the years Stefan has built an extensive network in the pharmaceutical industry. Stefan joined Actavis in 2005 and he has held various roles within sourcing and procurement. For the last five years Stefan served as Associate Director at TEVA, responsible for sourcing direct materials used in various products such as solid oral dosage, respiratory, implants, ophthalmics and more. Stefan Karlsson As Portfolio Manager, Fjalar will be responsible for identifying new product opportunities, partnership collaborations, build buisness cases and manage the cross-functional evaluation of development candidates. Fjalar´s experience in the pharmaceutical industry spans over 20 years. His extensive backround as formulation scientist gives him a deep knowledge of the requirements needed to develop products for various markets worldwide. Fjalar joined Coripharma as Department Manager for formulation development in 2019 upon the Corpharma‘s aqusition of the Icelandic R&D unit from Teva. Before that he was the Associate Director of Formulation development of the Icelandic R&D unit at Teva/Actavis from 2014-2019, focusing on solid oral dosage development. From 2001-2014 he worked as a formulation scientist at Omega Farma/Actavis/Teva. Fjalar has a Master´s degree in Pharmacy from the University of Iceland. Fjalar Jóhannsson Jonina Gudmundsdottir, CEO Coripharma: “We are delighted to welcome Stefan to Coripharma and Fjalar to his new role of as Portfolio Manager” said Jonina Gudmundsdottir. “Their deep industry expertise, extensive experience within R&D, Stefan‘s vast network of suppliers and his successful track record in sourcing will help Coripharma to optimize the portfolio and sourcing strategy and further continue on our growth pathway within the B2B generic pharmaceutical sector. When you browse on this site, cookies collect data to enhance your experience. Visit our privacy policy (updated 15 APR 2019) and consent tool to learn more, and make choices about the data used. By clicking "Accept" or by continuing to use the site, you agree to this use of cookies and data. Privacy policy Consent tool Accept About us Services Careers Contact us Privacy Coripharma Reykjavikurvegur 78 - 80 220 Hafnarfjordur, Iceland Email info@coripharma.is Phone +354 4206700