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Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Appoints Alicia Secor to Board of Directors; Announces Retirement of Wendy Dixon, PhD
CELEBRATION, Fla., Dec. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ZVRA) (Zevra, or the Company), a commercial-stage company focused on
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[{"type":"text","content":"CELEBRATION, Fla., Dec. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ZVRA) (Zevra, or the Company), a commercial-stage company focused on providing therapies for people living with rare disease, today announced the appointment of Alicia Secor to the Company’s Board of Directors (Board). The Company also announced the retirement of director Wendy Dixon, PhD, effective today. \"We are pleased to welcome Alicia to our Board at this important juncture, as her expertise will support our continued execution of strategy and our commitment to delivering durable, sustained value for shareholders,\" said Tamara A. Favorito, Zevra’s Chair of the Board. \"We sincerely appreciate Wendy’s dedicated service and the strategic counsel she provided in advancing the Company’s mission during her tenure.\" Ms. Secor has more than thirty years of experience in the life sciences industry, most recently serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Atalanta Therapeutics, Inc. (Atalanta), a privately held biotechnology company pioneering new treatment options for neurodegenerative diseases. Prior to her role at Atalanta, Ms. Secor served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded pharmaceutical company, from August 2016 until August 2018, when the company was acquired by Catalent, Inc. From 1998 to 2013, Ms. Secor held various roles of increasing responsibility at Genzyme (now a part of Sanofi), culminating in her tenure as Vice President and General Manager of Metabolic Diseases. Ms. Secor was a member of the Board of Directors of Orchard Therapeutics plc, an English global gene therapy company that was publicly traded in the United States on the Nasdaq market, until its acquisition in January 2024. She also served on the Boards of G1 Therapeutics, Inc., a public company, prior to its acquisition by Pharmacosmos A/S, GW Pharmaceuticals plc, a public company, prior to its acquisition by Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc, and the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research, a non-profit organization. Ms. Secor holds an MBA from D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University, and a BS in Health Administration from the University of New Hampshire. “Alicia brings a depth of experience that complements our team, including significant leadership in rare disease, and we are thrilled to we...