Cardiome Pharma Corp. announced that it has expanded its management team with the addition of Mr. Frank Murphy, who will serve as Cardiome's Vice President of Finance, and Dr. David Palling, who will serve as the company's Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain. Their roles are effective immediately. Mr. Murphy has nearly 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, most recently as VP of Finance, IT and Supply Chain at Takeda Canada Inc. Previously, he held various senior roles in finance and supply chain at Nycomed, Altana Pharma, and BYK Canada. Mr. Murphy also has nearly 15 years of experience as head of IT at several hospitals in the Niagara region in Ontario, Canada. Dr. Palling has worked in the Pharmaceutical Industry for 30 years and brings experience in the Preclinical and CMC aspects of Drug Development and management of CDMO's. Prior to joining Cardiome, he was a founder and the Chief Manufacturing Officer at Symbiomix LLC, where he had responsibility for all CMC activities. His other previous roles include: SVP, Therapeutics at Chromocell Corp, where he primarily focused on the discovery and development of novel agents in the pain and respiratory areas; SVP, Technical Operations at Amicus Therapeutics, where he was responsible for bringing its first three products through IND-enabling studies and into Phase 1 clinical trials; and at J&J and Roche where he has held a number of senior-level positions in drug development and CMC.