BOSTON, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HilleVax, Inc. (Nasdaq: HLVX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel vaccines, today announced the appointment of Sean McLoughlin as Chief Operating Officer. As part of a planned transition in connection with Mr. McLoughlin’s appointment, Co-founder and current Chief Operating Officer Dr. Aditya Kohli will remain a full-time executive with the company as Chief Business Officer, where he will be responsible for business development and corporate strategy.
Mr. McLoughlin has three decades of commercial and operational experience in vaccines, most recently as the Global Vaccine Commercialization Lead, RSV at GSK. In this capacity, he was responsible for the successful commercial launch of GSK’s RSV product AREXVY. Prior to that Mr. McLoughlin held the position of New Product Strategy Lead, Vaccines Business Unit at GSK. He previously served as GSK’s U.S. Launch Lead, Shingrix. Mr. McLoughlin was at GSK for over 25 years, during which he held various leadership positions of increasing responsibility.
“We are excited to welcome Sean to HilleVax’s executive team as we continue to progress NEST-IN1, our Phase 2b clinical trial of HIL-214 for the prevention of moderate-to-severe norovirus-related acute gastroenteritis,” said Rob Hershberg, MD, PhD, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HilleVax. “Sean’s deep experience in developing and launching vaccines will be instrumental to HilleVax as we advance HIL-214 towards commercialization.”
“I am thrilled to join HilleVax at such an exciting time and look forward to supporting the progress of HIL-214 as the potential first approved vaccine for norovirus infection,” said Mr. McLoughlin. “I have greatly enjoyed and appreciated my many years at GSK and am excited about bringing my experience to HilleVax to help address the unmet need associated with norovirus infections worldwide.”
About HilleVax
HilleVax is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel vaccines. Its initial program, HIL-214, is a virus-like particle (VLP) based vaccine candidate in development for the prevention of moderate-to-severe acute gastroenteritis (AGE) caused by norovirus infection. Globally, norovirus is estimated to result in over approximately 700 million cases of AGE and 200,000 deaths per year, resulting in over $4 billion in direct health system costs and $60 billion in societal costs per year. The burden of norovirus falls disproportionately on young children and older adults. For more information about HilleVax, visit the company’s website at http://www.HilleVax.com.
