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Management tracks

September 27, 2016 7:00 AM UTC

Antibody company Prothena Corp. plc (NASDAQ:PRTA) said President and CEO Dale Schenk is taking a medical leave of absence. He will remain on Prothena's board. COO Gene Kinney will lead the company in Schenk's absence.

Cancer company Neon Therapeutics Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.) named Hugh O'Dowd CEO. He was country president and general manager for the U.K. and Ireland at Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS; SIX:NOVN). Neon's interim CEO, Third Rock Ventures' Cary Pfeffer, became the company's chairman. ...