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Myriad Genetics: John Henderson, Daniel Spiegelman

May 28, 2020

Myriad Genetics said that John Henderson will retire from its board of directors at its annual meeting in December. Henderson chaired the board from April 2005 through March 2020, at which point Louise Phanstiel was elected to serve as chair. The company has also elected to its board of directors Daniel Spiegelman, who was most recently executive VP and CFO of BioMarin Pharmaceuticals. After retiring from that role, Spiegelman has been serving on the board of Tizona Therapeutics, as well on the boards of several biotech firms.

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