QURE - Leadership updates

~ Proven biotech executive to lead commercialization of AMT-130 in Huntington's disease ~ LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ:QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, today announced the appointment of Kylie O'Keefe as Chief Customer and Strategy Officer, effective June 6, 2025. In this role, Ms. O'Keefe will lead the development and execution of uniQure's global commercialization strategy for AMT-130, the Company's investigational gene therapy for the treatment of Huntington's disease. Her responsibilities include all commercial functions and medical affairs. Ms. O'K

NORWOOD, Mass., May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CRBP), a clinical-stage company focused on oncology and obesity, today announced the appointment of Rachelle Jacques as Chair of its Board of Directors, effective May 15. She succeeds Alan Holmer, who will remain on the Board. "We thank Alan for his over ten years of dedicated service as founding Chair of the Corbus Board," said Yuval Cohen, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Corbus. "Rachelle is a seasoned biopharmaceutical executive, and we have greatly benefitted from her innovative and strategic thinking as a Board member.  We look forward to following her vision and continued leadership as we

LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, June 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ:QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, today announced the appointment of Walid Abi-Saab, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer, effective immediately. He will report to Matt Kapusta, Chief Executive Officer of uniQure, and will be based in the Company's Basel, Switzerland office. Dr. Abi-Saab will be responsible for leading all clinical research and development, regulatory affairs, medical affairs, and program management at uniQure. With Dr. Abi-Saab's appointment, Dr. Ricardo Dolmetsch becomes President and Chief Scientific Officer. He

Sander van Deventer is co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer of the Company Elena Ritsou assumes role of Chief Corporate Officer Barbara Sanders is promoted to Chief Technology Officer Industry veteran Frank Walsh joins as an Independent Board Member VectorY Therapeutics, a biotech company developing innovative vectorized antibody approaches for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, today announces the appointment of Sander van Deventer, co-founder and formerly Chief Technology Officer, as Chief Executive Officer. The Company has also made key appointments to its leadership team. Sander van Deventer has 25 years of experience in drug development and a longstanding

Genespire appoints Dr. Sabah Sallah as Chief Medical Officer Accomplished executive with extensive preclinical and clinical gene therapy experience joins Genespire to accelerate pipeline to the clinic Milan, Italy, 7 July 2022: Genespire, a next generation gene therapy company developing first-in-class transformative therapies with advanced lentiviral vectors, today announces the appointment of Dr. Sabah Sallah MD, PhD as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Sallah will lead the Company's clinical strategy, development and operations as Genespire progresses its novel advanced lentiviral gene therapy platforms towards the clinic. Dr. Sallah is a board-certified hematologist who has spent more than

NEW YORK and LONDON, March 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akari Therapeutics, Plc (NASDAQ:AKTX), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative therapeutics to treat orphan autoimmune and inflammatory diseases where complement (C5) and/or leukotriene (LBT4) systems are implicated, today announced the appointment of Rachelle Jacques as President and Chief Executive Officer of Akari Therapeutics. Ms. Jacques will also join the company's Board of Directors. Her appointment begins at the end of March 2022. Outgoing Chief Executive Officer, Clive Richardson, will continue to serve the Company, supporting Rachelle to accelerate business development and ensuring a smooth transition."

~ Completed 78-week follow-up for hemophilia B pivotal study, with top-line data expected by year-end 2021 ~ ~ Enrolled 14 patients to date in Phase 1/2 clinical trial of AMT-130 in Huntington's Disease, with no significant safety concerns observed ~ ~ Preliminary data on first four patients in ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial of AMT-130 and initiation of European Phase Ib/II clinical trial expected by year-end 2021 ~ ~ Closed acquisition of Corlieve Therapeutics adding preclinical program in temporal lobe epilepsy to proprietary research pipeline ~ LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Oct. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ:QURE), a leading gene therapy com

LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, Oct. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ:QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, today announced the appointment of Rachelle Jacques to its Board of Directors. Ms. Jacques, who will serve on the Board's Audit Committee, has more than 25 years of industry experience in strategic, cross-functional executive roles spanning finance, business operations, manufacturing, and commercial. She has led successful launches of several rare disease therapies including the recent approval of a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT)-designated product, one of only three since the p