Achillion's CEO Milind Desh­pande steps down; Neu­ro­Vi­sion rais­es $11.2M for nov­el Alzheimer's de­tec­tion tech

→ Milind Desh­pande is step­ping down from Achillion $ACHN, the biotech he’s led for the bet­ter part of the last two decades, first as CSO and then as CEO. His de­par­ture leaves the fad­ed hep C star in the hands of for­mer COO Joseph Tru­itt, who al­ready has the pres­i­dent ti­tle. Dur­ing his tenure, Desh­pande steered a pipeline re­struc­tur­ing that re­brand­ed Achillion from an in­fec­tious dis­ease play­er to a spe­cial­ist in com­ple­ment bi­ol­o­gy, ax­ing staff just a few months ago. Tru­itt, who joined the com­pa­ny in 2009, emerged as a key fig­ure in that come­back nar­ra­tive. Hav­ing led com­mer­cial strat­e­gy and busi­ness de­vel­op­ment, he will now prep Achillion for a se­ries of read­outs from its com­ple­ment fac­tor D in­hibitor pro­gram in rare dis­eases.

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