Idera Makes Leadership Additions
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Executive Summary
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has made several leadership additions: appointing Mark J. Cornfeld vice president and medical lead for oncology; Kirsten L. Gruis senior medical director for rare diseases; Tanya N. Lewis vice president of regulatory affairs and quality assurance; and John J. Kirby vice president of corporate accounting. Cornfeld recently held various oncology leadership roles at GlaxoSmithKline and prior to this he was at Johnson & Johnson and Hoffman-LA Roche. Most recently Gruis was director, clinical development at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and before this she was neuromuscular clinical lead at Pfizer Inc. Lewis has been vice president of regulatory affairs and medical writing at Tesaro, Inc before which she held regulatory roles at Seaside Therapeutics, Vion Pharmaceutical, Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Genzyme Corporation. Finally, Kirby joins Idera from Endo Pharmaceuticals, where most recently he was assistant controller.