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Denali Therapeutics Announces Appointment of Erik Harris to Board of Directors
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Denali Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: DNLI), a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad
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[{"type":"text","content":"SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Denali Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: DNLI), a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad portfolio of product candidates engineered to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that Erik Harris has joined the Board of Directors. Mr. Harris’ extensive biotech leadership and pharmaceutical experience includes 20 years in all aspects of commercial operations and achieving successful product launches in multiple therapeutic areas, including neurological and rare diseases. “I’m excited to welcome Erik to our Board of Directors,” said Ryan Watts, Ph.D., Denali’s Chief Executive Officer. “Erik’s experience and perspective will be valuable as we now transition to a late-stage development company with a diverse portfolio of therapeutic candidates and continue to build out our commercial capabilities with the goal to ultimately bring medicines to patients with neurodegenerative and lysosomal diseases.” “Denali is making significant progress toward a global organization serving patients with neurodegenerative diseases,” said Mr. Harris. “I am very excited to join Denali’s Board of Directors. I look forward to contributing to Denali by applying my insights in bringing high-impact, novel medicines to patients and their families.” Erik Harris currently serves as the Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of a diverse portfolio of therapies for patients with rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases. Mr. Harris joined Ultragenyx in 2017 as Senior Vice President and Head of North American Commercial Operations. Earlier in his career he held positions in the commercial organizations at Crescendo Bioscience, Intermune, Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Genentech, Inc., and Bristol Myers Squibb Company. In addition to the launch of Ultragenyx’s Crysvita®, Mepsevii®, and Dojolvi®, Mr. Harris has been involved in the launches of Tarceva®, Tysabri® and Vectra-DA®. To begin his professional career, Mr. Harris served as a Lieutenant Commander in Naval Aviation and Congressional Fellow for the United States Navy. Mr. Harris received his Masters of Business Administration at the Wharton School of Business, and Bachelor of Science at the United States Naval Aca...