Eiger lures Janssen exec to its HDV clinical development team

5 June 2019

California-based rare diseases specialist Eiger BioPharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: EIGR) today announced the appointment of Jeysen Yogaratnam as vice president of global hepatitis Delta virus (HDV) clinical development.

Dr Yogaratnam's clinical development experience spans over a decade in large pharma and biotechnology companies with specialization in hepatitis B and C, including direct-acting antivirals, immune-based small molecules, as well as therapeutic vaccines and biologics. Dr Yogaratnam was most recently at Janssen Biopharma, where he led drug development of hepatitis B virus (HBV) capsid assembly modulators.

Earlier, he was medical director at Vertex and served as a medical lead on the anti-HCV protease inhibitor, Incivek (telaprevir), and served as the Vertex clinical lead in the joint strategic alliance team with Janssen Pharmaceutical.

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