Achillion Pharmaceuticals Appoints Dr. David Apelian Chief Medical Officer

New Haven, Conn. based Achillion Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company currently focused on developing treatment for hepatitis C, has appointed David Apelian, MD, as its chief medical officer.

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Dr. Apelian has previously served as clinical director of infectious disease at Bristol-Myers Squibb, New York-based biopharmaceutical company, and clinical director of hepatology and gastroenterology at Schering Plough, New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company that has since merged with Merck & Co.

He will head the clinical development of Achillion’s hepatitis C treatments.

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