Ablynx appoints Johan Heylen as Chief Commercial Officer
Ablynx announced the appointment of Johan Heylen as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr Heylen will assume responsibility for all Ablynx's commercial activities. He has more than 20 years of experience in global biopharmaceutical sales, marketing and business development at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Servier and Wyeth.
Most recently, Mr Heylen was Executive Director, Global Commercial Lead, Cancer Immunotherapeutics, at GSK, where he headed the global commercial teams and was responsible for the development and implementation of the launch strategy for GSK's cancer immunotherapeutics portfolio. Prior to that, Mr Heylen led and launched the successful global commercial and marketing efforts for three of GSK's paediatric vaccines, Rotarix®, Priorix® and Varilix®, which together achieved sales of more than €1.5 billion. He has experience in a wide range of therapeutic fields.
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