Orexigen Beefs Up Management
Luke Timmerman11/23/09
Orexigen Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OREX), the San Diego-based developer of obesity drugs, said today it has added four new executives to its management team. Dawn Viveash is the new head of global regulatory affairs; Suzanne McDonald will be responsible for managed markets and government affairs; Preston Klassen will be the head of the global Contrave program; and Whedy Wang is the new head of global biomedical information. CEO Mike Narachi explained his plan for re-inventing the company, and some of the other new managers he brought in earlier this year, in a feature back in September.
Luke Timmerman is the National Biotech Editor of Xconomy, and the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. E-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ldtimmerman.
