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Management tracks: Abeona, INKEF, Incyte
November 28, 2018 1:20 AM UTC
Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:ABEO) terminated Carsten Thiel for personal misconduct towards colleagues, less than eight months after hiring him as CEO. The rare genetic disease company named Head of R&D and CMO João Siffert interim CEO while a permanent successor is sought.
Prior to Abeona, Thiel served as CCO of Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) until his departure in 2017, one of several from that company amid an investigation into Alexion’s sales practices for Soliris eculizumab (see “Alexion Shuffles Management Again”)...