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Soleno Therapeutics Announces Appointment of Industry Veteran Matthew Pauls, J.D., M.B.A. to Board of Directors
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. (Soleno) (NASDAQ: SLNO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
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[{"type":"text","content":"REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. (Soleno) (NASDAQ: SLNO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases, today announced the appointment of Matthew Pauls, J.D., M.B.A, to its Board of Directors, effective August 15, 2023. Mr. Pauls is an accomplished industry veteran with extensive executive leadership, strategic and commercial experience. “Matt is a highly accomplished biopharmaceutical executive, and we are pleased to welcome him to the Board,” said Ernest Mario, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board of Directors of Soleno. “His impressive track record, including in rare diseases, will be invaluable as we advance DCCR, our late-stage Prader-Willi syndrome product candidate, toward planned regulatory filing and potential approval. We look forward to leveraging Matt’s deep strategic, operational and commercial expertise to maximize value for both patients and shareholders.” Mr. Pauls said, “I am excited to be joining the Soleno Board at this important time for the company. I believe that DCCR has the potential to transform the lives of patients with PWS, and I look forward to working collaboratively with the Board and the management team to best position the company for success as we approach potential approval and commercialization.” Mr. Pauls brings more than three decades of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Since 2020, Mr. Pauls has served as Chair of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Savara, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases. He is also a member of the Board of Directors at Amplo Biotechnology, a private gene therapy company focused on rare neuromuscular disorders. From 2014 to 2019, Mr. Pauls was President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Strongbridge Biopharma plc., a publicly traded rare-disease focused biopharmaceutical company that he took public via IPO on the NASDAQ. Prior to 2014, he served as Chief Commercial Officer of Insmed, Inc., where he led both the global Commercial and CMC/Technical Operations teams. Prior to Insmed, Mr. Pauls worked at Shire Pharmaceuticals, most recently as Senior Vice President, Head of Global Commercial Operations, and earlier in his career held senior U.S. and global commercial lea...