
Inovio appoints ex-Merck vaccines president Dr Adel Mahmoud
pharmafile | March 29, 2012 | Appointment | Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing | Inovio, Merck, vaccines
Inovio Pharmaceuticals has announced that Dr Adel Mahmoud has been appointed to its Board of Directors.
Mahmoud, a global infectious disease and vaccines expert, moves from Merck where he was responsible for the development and commercialisation of several new vaccines.
Mahmoud is currently Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, US. He was President, Merck Vaccines, from 1999 to 2005 and also served as Merck’s chief medical advisor for vaccines and infectious diseases.
More recently, Mahmoud has been leading strategy development for global health agencies tackling bioterrorism and emerging diseases such as pandemic influenza and SARS. Prior to joining Merck, Mahmoud was chairman, Department of Medicine and physician-in-chief (1987-1998) at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Dr J. Joseph Kim, president and chief executive of Inovio said: “Dr Mahmoud is known throughout the industry for his success in gaining approval for several blockbuster vaccines. His insights will be advantageous to Inovio as we move our synthetic vaccine portfolio toward late-stage clinical trials.”
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