Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of May Liu as its Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration. In this position, Ms. Liu will oversee the finance, investor relations and general administration functions of Anthera in addition to her role as Principal Accounting Officer. Ms. Liu has served as the company's Vice President, Finance since January 2011.

Prior to that, she served as Anthera's Corporate Controller since October 2007. Ms. Liu joined the Company as Director of Finance in April 2007. Effective June 30, 2013 Anthera's Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Christopher Lowe will leave the company to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities.