- Zevra Therapeutics announced that it has appointed Wendy L. Dixon, Ph.D., to the Company's Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective immediately following the conclusion of the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“2023 Annual Meeting”), to fill the vacancy resulting from Dr. Travis Mickle's resignation from the Board effective as of the day of the 2023 Annual Meeting to be held on April 25, 2023. Dr. Dixon is a seasoned biopharma executive with more than 40 years in senior leadership roles, including serving as Chief Marketing Officer and President of Global Marketing at Bristol Myers Squibb. Dr. Dixon also held senior roles at Merck, West Pharmaceuticals, Osteotech, Centocor and GlaxoSmithKline.

She brings to the Zevra Board significant experience as a public company director, having served as a Board Chair and a member of Nominating and Governance, Compensation and Audit committees, as well as special committees for Commercial Planning and R&D strategy. As announced earlier this year, Travis C. Mickle, Ph.D., Zevra's co-founder and President, has resigned from his executive role and as a Director on the Zevra Board effective as of the day of the 2023 Annual Meeting. Dr. Mickle will continue to support Zevra's drug development and regulatory approval activities as a scientific advisor.