Salix Pharmaceuticals CEO Carolyn Logan to retire

Salix Pharmaceuticals announced that Carolyn Logan has decided to retire as president, CEO and a director of the company, effective Jan. 30, according to a Street Insider report.

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Ms. Logan led the company for more than 12 years, and according to Tom D’Alonzo, chairman of Salix’s board of directors, Ms. Logan took “Salix from an early-stage commercial company with a market capitalization of approximately $200 million, one product and less than $25 million in annual revenues, to a leading gastroenterology-focused specialty pharmaceutical company with a multi-billion dollar market capitalization, more than 20 products and over $1 billion in annual revenues.”

Mr. D’Alonzo will be appointed acting CEO. Ms. Logan will remain a consultant to the company.

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