Carsten Thiel takes over at Abeona
US gene therapy developer Abeona Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ABEO) has lured one of the most experienced names in rare diseases to become its new chief executive.
Carsten Thiel (pictured above), whose 25 years of biopharma experience includes spells with US drugmakers Alexion Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ALXN) and Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN), takes over in the top job from Timothy Miller, who remains president and becomes chief scientific officer of Abeona.
At Alexion, Dr Thiel was executive vice president and chief commercial officer, having also led commercial operations for certain global regions. At Amgen, his roles included head of Europe and general manager for Germany.
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