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Alexion Hunts For A CEO While Investors Await Investigation Details

 
• By Jessica Merrill

CEO David Hallal and CFO Vikas Sinha have both left the company amid an audit investigation, while the company said it will file a delayed 10-Q in January or earlier.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. has turned to board director and former AstraZeneca PLC CEO David Brennan to lead the company through an unexpected transition. Brennan will succeed David Hallal, effective immediately, in a leadership shakeup coinciding with an ongoing audit investigation, though the company said it was due to “personal reasons.”

The company announced the appointment Dec. 12, along with news that Chief Financial Officer Vikas Sinha has also left the...

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