Millennium Biotechnologies names new CEO and chairman
Mr Mirken will replace Jerry Swon who has been CEO and board chairman since 2001. Mr Swon will be retiring from these positions to pursue other business interests.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted rare paediatric disease designation to Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ VCA-894A, an investigational antisense oligonucleotide therapy for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2S (CMT2S).