Gun­ning for first chikun­gun­ya vac­cine OK, Val­ne­va raids GSK for a sea­soned com­mer­cial chief

Val­ne­va may be down­siz­ing in the wake of its Covid-19 set­back, but it’s al­so adding ex­per­tise where it needs.

The French vac­cine mak­er has ap­point­ed Di­pal Pa­tel as chief com­mer­cial of­fi­cer, a new po­si­tion it re­cent­ly cre­at­ed as it gears up for mar­ket en­try of its chikun­gun­ya vac­cine can­di­date. In Pa­tel, Val­ne­va nabs an 18-year GSK vet­er­an who’s man­aged com­mer­cial op­er­a­tions in mul­ti­ple coun­tries. Most re­cent­ly, she was the glob­al lead for Shin­grix, GSK’s shin­gles vac­cine.

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