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BIO Elects Dr. Jeremy Levin as New Board Chair

June 4, 2019 Off By BusinessWire

A new slate of officers and Board members were elected during the
2019 BIO International Convention

PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Biotechnology
Innovation Organization (BIO) is pleased to announce Jeremy M.
Levin, DPhil, MB BChir, Chief Executive Officer of Ovid
Therapeutics, as the new Chair of its Board of Directors for the
2019-2020 term, elected at this year’s 2019
BIO International Convention.

Dr. Levin brings to his new role decades of leadership in the discovery,
development, and delivery of new medicines for patients. At Ovid
Therapeutics, Levin is leading the development of new therapies for rare
neurological disorders. Previously, he served as CEO of Teva
Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, and held roles of increasing
responsibility at Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Novartis Institutes of
Biomedical Research, and other companies.

“Our industry now faces incredible opportunities to bring new
advancements to patients, consumers, and the environment, as well as
unprecedented political challenges that threaten to derail that
innovation,” said BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood. “Jeremy’s long
and distinguished career, having served in senior roles at a diverse
array of companies throughout the sector, make him uniquely suited to
steer BIO during these challenging times. He brings a passion for
patients, deep scientific knowledge, and a keen understanding of what it
takes to bring a new medicine from an idea in the lab to an approved
therapy.

“I also want to thank our departing Chair, John Maraganore, for his
service over the past two years. During his tenure, BIO has weathered
many challenges, but thanks to John’s steady and able leadership, BIO is
better positioned than ever before to fulfill our mission of healing,
fueling, and feeding the world.”

“It is an honor and a privilege to be entrusted with this role at such a
critical time for our industry,” said Dr. Levin. “With so many
breakthrough treatments and technologies coming to market and advancing
through the clinic every day, BIO’s voice will be critical in ensuring
creative solutions are adopted to ensure patients can access these
therapies while preserving the incentives for innovation that make such
advancements possible.”

Greenwood also welcomed new directors joining the BIO Board in the past
year. “Our new directors bring a wealth of experience from across our
industry that will greatly enhance our ability to advance public
policies in support of innovation.”

Several Section Governing Boards also elected new officers:

Paul Hastings, Nkarta Therapeutics – Health Section Vice Chair
Helen
Torley, Halozyme Therapeutics – Health Section Secretary
Ted
Love, Global Blood Therapeutics – Emerging Companies Section Chair
Hugh
Welsh, DSM North America – Industrial and Environmental Section Chair
Jill
Zullo, Cargill – Industrial and Environmental Section Vice Chair

Members of the Executive Committee of BIO’s Board of Directors for the
2019-2020 term are:

Jeremy Levin, Ovid Therapeutics
Bradford Zakes, Cerevast Therapeutics
Julie Gerberding, Merck
Paul Hastings, Nkarta Therapeutics
Ted Love, Global Blood Therapeutics
Hugh Welsh, DSM North America
Jill Zullo, Cargill
Philip Miller, Bayer CropScience
John Maraganore, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Stuart Arbuckle, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Ron Cohen, Acorda Therapeutics
Douglas Doerfler, MaxCyte
Rachel King, GlycoMimetics
Richard Pops, Alkermes
Christi Shaw, Eli Lilly and Company
Bill Sibold, Sanofi Genzyme
Helen Torley, Halozyme Therapeutics

The full BIO Board of Directors is comprised of the elected Directors
serving on each of BIO’s Section Governing Boards. The newly-elected
Board Members from these Sections are:

Health Section Governing Board

Steve Albers, Novo Nordisk
Sebastian Guth, Bayer
Alexander Hardy, Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group
Ted Love, Global Blood Therapeutics
Sandy Macrae, Sangamo Therapeutics
Paige Mahaney, Boehringer Ingelheim
Jeffrey Marrazzo, Spark Therapeutics
Sharon Mates, Intra-Cellular Therapies
Julia Owens, Millendo Therapeutics
John Oyler, BeiGene
Richard Paulson, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals
Mark Pruzanski, Intercept Pharmaceuticals
Michael Raab, Ardelyx
Elaine Sorg, AbbVie
Mark Timney, The Medicines Company
Sue Washer, Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC)
Thomas Wiggans, Dermira
John Young, Pfizer
Bernhardt Zeiher, Astellas

Emerging Companies Section Governing Board

Cedric Francois, Apellis Pharmaceuticals
Kevin Gorman, Neurocrine Biosciences
Justin Gover, GW Pharmaceuticals
Erika Smith, ReNetX Bio

Food and Agriculture Sector Governing Board

Rick Turner, BASF
Sylvia Wulf, AquaBounty Technologies

Industrial & Environmental Section Governing Board

Anna Rath, Vestaron
Diane Shanahan, BASF Enzymes
Oliver Walker, Evolva

About BIO

BIO is the world’s largest trade association representing biotechnology
companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and
related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other
nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of
innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental
biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO
International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the
biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and
partnering meetings held around the world. BIOtechNOW
is BIO’s blog chronicling “innovations transforming our world” and the
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