Medtronic taps Lennon as CIO | Personnel Moves – April 9, 2018

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said that it named Sean Lennon as its new chief information officer, set to take effect April 29. The Fridley, Minn.-based medtech giant said that Lennon will take over for Mike Hedges, who is retiring from the position after 19 years with Medtronic, including 10 as CIO. Prior to joining Medtronic, Lennon served as CIO with Allergan (NYSE: AGN), the company said. He has previously held senior leadership positions with pharmaceutical companies including Watson/Actavis, Novartis (NYSE:NVS) and Schering-Plough.  Clearside Biomedical appoints Lasezkay as interim CEO Clearside Biomedical (NSDQ:CLSD) said yesterday that it named George Lasezkay as its new interim CEO, effective immediately. Lasezkay will succeed Daniel White, who resigned as prez, CEO and as a board member to pursue other opportunities, the Alpharetta, Ga.-based company said. Prior to joining Clearside, Lasezkay acted as exec VP and GC for novel ophthalmic therapeutics maker Acucela and as prez of Horizon Pharma Group. He has also acted as corporate dev corp VP for Allergan, the company said. “We believe there is tremendous potential in our proprietary suprachoroidal space injection platform, as evidenced by the acceptance of our new drug application for Xipere for suprachoroidal injection. We want to thank Daniel for his visionary contributions, including licensing the original scientific technology, building our versatile therapeutic platform, leading our IPO and other financings,...
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