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Ernest Mario named chairman of Chimerix

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:25 PM

Chimerix, a Durham, N.C.-based biopharmaceutical company developing novel, oral antivirals in areas of high unmet medical need, has appointed Ernest Mario, Ph.D., as chairman of its board of directors.

During the course of his career, Mario has served as the CEO, chairman and a director of several pharmaceutical companies. From 1989 to 1993, he served as chief executive of Glaxo Holdings, then the second-largest drug company in the world. Mario led drug delivery technology company ALZA from 1993 until its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson in 2001. He served as chairman and CEO of Reliant Pharmaceuticals from 2003 until its acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline in 2007. He also previously served as the chairman of multinational CRO Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) from 1993 to 2011.

Mario currently serves as chairman and CEO of Capnia, a privately held pharmaceutical company, as well as chairman of the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education.

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