Dr. Zhengbin Yao Ph.D. serves as Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Dr. Yao brings more than 20 years’ experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Since October 2010, Dr. Yao served in various leadership roles at MedImmune, most recently as Senior Vice President, Head of Respiratory, Inflammation, Autoimmune iMED. Dr. Yao also served as Senior Vice President, Head of Immuno-Oncology Franchise, AstraZeneca. Prior to his tenure at MedImmune and AstraZeneca, Dr. Yao served as Head of PTL for Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Neuroscience, and Metabolic Disease at Genentech, Inc., or Genentech. Previously, Dr. Yao was Vice President and Head of Research for Tanox, Inc., before it was acquired by Genentech in 2007. Dr. Yao serves on the board of directors of NexImmune, Inc., a private, emerging biopharmaceutical company advancing a new generation of immunotherapies and Immune-Onc Therapeutics, Inc., a private biotechnology company developing biotherapies for cancer. Dr. Yao received his M.S. in Immunology from Anhui Medical University in Anhui, China and Ph.D in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Iowa. Yao’s perspective and experience as our Chief Executive Officer and President, as well as his depth of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, particularly in autoimmune disease, provide him with the qualifications and skills to serve on our board of directors.
As the Chairman of the Board, President et Chief Executive Officer of Viela Bio, the total compensation of Zhengbin Yao at Viela Bio is $2,747,550. There are no executives at Viela Bio getting paid more.
Zhengbin Yao is 54, he's been the Chairman of the Board, President et Chief Executive Officer of Viela Bio since 2019. There are 4 older and 7 younger executives at Viela Bio. The oldest executive at Viela Bio, Inc. is Chris Nolet, 63, who is the Independent Director.
Zhengbin's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O VIELA BIO, INC.,, ONE MEDIMMUNE WAY, FIRST FLOOR, AREA TWO, GAITHERSBURG, MD, 20878.
Over the last 5 years, insiders at Viela Bio have traded over $58,712,400 worth of Viela Bio stock and bought 1,261,091 units worth $24,062,867 . The most active insiders traders include Andreas Wicki, Xiaomeng Tong et Plc Astra Zeneca Uk Ltd Ast.... On average, Viela Bio executives and independent directors trade stock every 41 days with the average trade being worth of $6,348. The most recent stock trade was executed by Aaron Ren on 18 November 2020, trading 2,000 units of VIE stock currently worth $5,680.
Viela Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, engages in the research and development of treatments for severe inflammation and autoimmune diseases in the United States. The company's lead product candidate is inebilizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, kidney transplant desensitization, myasthenia gravis, and IgG4-related diseases. It is also developing VIB4920 for kidney transplantation rejection and sjögren's syndrome; and VIB7734 for cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Viela Bio, Inc. has a strategic collaboration with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation to develop and commercialize inebilizumab for autoimmune diseases in Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
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