Michael S. Holfinger, Ph.D., has been appointed vice president of manufacturing and Global Supply Chain Management at Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Holfinger will oversee Alexza’s manufacturing activities for ADASUVE (Staccato loxapine) and other product candidates in development, reporting to Michael Simms, senior vice president of Operations and Manufacturing.

Dr. Holfinger has more than 20 years of experience in process development and global manufacturing for a number of commercial products at multinational pharmaceutical and specialty pharmaceutical companies. From June 2006 to June 2013, Dr. Holfinger held multiple positions at Affymax, most recently as vice president, Manufacturing & CMC Development. He also served as senior manager, Global Manufacturing Services at Pfizer and held multiple positions at Pharmacia Corp., including senior project manager, Global Supply. 

“We are very pleased to welcome Mike to our management team,” said Thomas B. King, president and chief executive officer. “Mike brings a large set of relevant experiences and skills in the areas of commercial manufacturing and global supply chain management.  We look forward to his contributions as we escalate the production of ADASUVE for the upcoming launches of our first product.”