Minerva Neurosciences, Inc. announced Dr. Jay Saoud's retirement and transition to an advisory role and Dr. Ramana Kuchibhatla's appointment as Senior Vice President and Head of Research &Development, both effective September 16, 2021. Dr. Kuchibhatla will report directly to Dr. Remy Luthringer, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Minerva. Dr. Kuchibhatla brings to Minerva more than 35 years of drug development, regulatory, biostatistical and operations leadership experience in the life sciences and biotech industries. He joins Minerva from PRA Health Sciences Inc, a subsidiary of ICON, where he served as Executive Director of Global Drug Development.