Doug Williamson among three senior appointments at QurAlis

11 June 2024

Days after announcing a deal with US pharma major Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), biotech start-up QurAlis has made another announcement.

The Boston-based company, which is seeking to develop powerful precision medicines that will alter the trajectory of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and other neurodegenerative diseases, has made three senior appointments.

"Doug is an expert drug developer for neurological disorders"Doug Williamson (pictured above) has been named chief medical officer (CMO), succeeding Angela Genge, who continues in a consulting role for QurAlis. Jason Brown becomes chief financial officer (CFO) while Shafique Virani has been added to the company’s board of directors.

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