Date: 2015-12-18
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Uniqure (The Netherlands)
Therapeutic area: Rare diseases - Genetic diseases
Type agreement: nomination
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Details: * On December 18, 2015, uniQure announced the appointment of Dan Soland as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Soland will succeed Jörn Aldag, who has decided to step down as CEO, a role he has held since 2009. Mr. Soland will also be nominated for appointment to uniQure’s Management Board, subject to approval by the Company’s General Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Aldag will be available to assist the Company during the transition. Mr. Soland, 57, brings to uniQure more than 30 years of industry experience, most recently serving as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ViroPharma. At ViroPharma, Mr. Soland was responsible for building the company’s organization and commercial infrastructure until its successful sale to Shire in 2014 for approximately $4 billion. Mr. Soland was previously President of Chiron Vaccines, where he helped engineer a turnaround that contributed to Chiron’s acquisition by Novartis. Earlier, he was President and CEO of Epigenesis Pharmaceuticals and Vice President and Director of Worldwide Marketing Operations at GSK Biologicals and held positions of increasing responsibility at Pasteur-Merieux’s Connaught Laboratories (now Sanofi Pasteur). Mr. Soland holds a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Iowa.
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