BOTHELL, Wash., Sept. 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alder BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Alder") (NASDAQ:ALDR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing monoclonal antibody therapeutics for the treatment of migraine, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, today announced the appointment of Paul R. Carter to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Carter currently serves as Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations at Gilead Sciences, Inc.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Paul to our Board of Directors, and his proven track record as a commercial leader will be invaluable as we advance our lead antibody candidate, ALD403, toward the market for the prevention of migraine," said Randall C. Schatzman, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Alder. "Paul is very well-respected in our industry and has had key involvement with the launches of several important medicines in recent years, including Sovaldi and Harvoni for hepatitis C, two of the most successful prescription drug launches in pharmaceutical history."
Mr. Carter joined Gilead in April 2006 as head of European commercial operations and was subsequently promoted to his current role heading up Gilead's worldwide commercial organization. Prior to joining Gilead, he spent 14 years at GlaxoSmithKline and its legacy companies where he held positions of increasing responsibility overseeing operations as General Manager in several international markets in Europe and Asia. Mr. Carter began his career in financial management roles at Bovis International and Arthur Andersen & Co. He holds a bachelor's degree in Business Studies from the Ealing School of Business and Management (now merged into University of West London) and is a Fellow of the United Kingdom's Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
About Alder BioPharmaceuticals
Alder BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and seeks to commercialize therapeutic antibodies with the potential to meaningfully transform current treatment paradigms. Alder's lead clinical candidate, ALD403, inhibits a well validated molecule shown to trigger migraine attacks, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and is currently undergoing Phase 2b clinical testing for the treatment of chronic migraines. Alder plans to initiate additional advanced clinical studies for ALD403 in high frequency migraines in 2015 and chronic migraines in 2016. Alder's second program, ALD1613, which targets adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is undergoing Investigational New Drug (IND)-enabling preclinical studies with the initiation of clinical studies in Cushing's disease planned for 2016. Finally, clazakizumab, previously known as ALD518, is designed to block the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 and has completed two Phase 2b clinical trials. For more information, please visit
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