INOVIO announced the appointment of Steven Egge as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Egge will lead the company's commercial strategy and operations as it prepares to potentially launch its first DNA medicine product, INO-3107 as a treatment for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). Mr. Egge comes to INOVIO from Sumitomo Pharma (formerly Myovant Sciences, acquired by Sumitovant Biopharma, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Pharma, in 2023), where as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Women's Health he was responsible for building the commercial leadership team, accelerating the launch of Myfembree® and helping lead the company's expansion into new indications.

Mr. Egge was at Merck for twenty years, where he held a number of senior commercial leadership roles, including leading Merck's HPV Vaccines Franchise as well as Chief Marketing Officer for the Vaccine Division, where he oversaw launches for new indications for GARDASIL®, a re-launch of ZOSTAVAX®, and launch planning for GARDASIL9® and VAXELIS®. Mr. Egge also served as Global Commercial Head for Merck's Fertility Franchise, where he oversaw the launch of ELONVA® in ex-U.S. markets. After Merck, Mr. Egge served as Senior Vice President at Genfit Corp., a French biotech company focused on liver diseases, where he led commercial planning and business development.