Soleno Therapeutics Appoints Birgitte Volck to its Board of Directors
June 12, 2019 at 08:00 am EDT
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Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Birgitte Volck, M.D., Ph.D. to its Board of Directors, effective June 10, 2019. Dr. Volck’s appointment brings Soleno’s Board of Directors to seven members, six of whom are independent. Since December 2018, Dr. Volck has served as the President R&D at AVROBIO Inc. From 2016 to 2018, she served as head of Research and Development, Rare Diseases, for GlaxoSmithKline. From 2012 to 2016, Dr. Volck served as the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Development at Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB. Prior to this, from 2007 to 2012, she held various positions at Amgen Inc., including Executive Development Director, Bone, Neuroscience & Inflammation. From 2004 to 2007, Dr. Volck served as Nordic Medical Director and Project Director at Genzyme A/S, and from 2001 to 2004, she served as Head of Clinical Development and Medical Affairs at Pharmexa. Dr. Volck currently serves as a director for Ascendis Pharma A/S. She also served as a director for Wilson Therapeutics AB from May 2017 to May 2018 until it was acquired by Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases. Its lead candidate, Diazoxide Choline Extended-Release tablets (DCCR), extended-release tablets, a once-daily oral tablet for the treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), recently completed its Phase 3 development program. DCCR is a potent ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel activator. DCCR tablets consist of the active ingredient diazoxide choline, a choline salt of diazoxide, which is a benzothiadiazine. DCCRâs mode of action with targets in the brain, pancreas and fat tissue has the potential to impact complex diseases like PWS to reduce appetite, reduce food seeking, improve satiety, improve insulin and leptin resistance and reduce body fat. The Company has a Fast-Track designation for DCCR in PWS and an orphan designation for the drug in the United States and the European Union.
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