{"id":860047,"date":"2025-06-12T09:20:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ionis-announces-dr-richard-geary-chief-development-officer-to-retire-dr-holly-kordasiewicz-to-assume-role-in-january-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T09:20:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:20:54","slug":"ionis-announces-dr-richard-geary-chief-development-officer-to-retire-dr-holly-kordasiewicz-to-assume-role-in-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ionis-announces-dr-richard-geary-chief-development-officer-to-retire-dr-holly-kordasiewicz-to-assume-role-in-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ionis announces Dr. Richard Geary, chief development officer, to retire; Dr. Holly Kordasiewicz to assume role in January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>Ionis announces Dr. Richard Geary, chief development officer, to retire; Dr. Holly Kordasiewicz to assume role in January 2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p>CARLSBAD, Calif.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fionis.com%2F&amp;esheet=54272823&amp;newsitemid=20250611030160&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Ionis+Pharmaceuticals%2C+Inc.&amp;index=1&amp;md5=42da43a752f8e1ed22bcbcbec1a19d53\">Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.<\/a> (Nasdaq: IONS) today announced that Richard Geary, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief development officer, will retire effective January 2026 and that Holly Kordasiewicz, Ph.D., currently senior vice president, neurology, will succeed him in the role.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cRichard has made tremendous contributions to Ionis over his 30-year tenure during which he spearheaded dozens of development programs and brought six innovative medicines through regulatory approvals, including TRYNGOLZA, our first independent commercial medicine. We thank him for his leadership and unwavering dedication to patients in need,\u201d said Brett P. Monia, Ph.D., chief executive officer, Ionis. \u201cHolly is a deeply respected and innovative leader who will champion our vision to bring a steady cadence of transformational medicines to people in need and support Ionis\u2019 continued growth as a fully integrated biotechnology company. Her broad experience across research and development, strong operational and management skills, and deep neurology expertise, position Holly to successfully guide our portfolio, which includes eight wholly owned neurology medicines in clinical development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nDr. Kordasiewicz has 20 years of experience in research and development and joined Ionis in 2011. An expert in neurology drug development, she currently oversees Ionis\u2019 industry-leading neurology program, including medicines for Alexander disease, Angelman syndrome, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, prion disease and multiple system atrophy. Dr. Kordasiewicz also played an integral role in the discovery and development of our Biogen-partnered programs QALSODY<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (tofersen) for a genetic form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and IONIS-MAPT<sub>Rx<\/sub> (BIIB080), a promising Alzheimer\u2019s disease medicine in Phase 2 development. Dr. Kordasiewicz holds a B.A. from SUNY-Geneseo and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Minnesota. She completed postdoctoral work at the University of Minnesota and the University of California San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>\nDr. Geary joined Ionis in 1995 and has been involved in nearly every aspect of discovery and development. Under Dr. Geary\u2019s leadership, Ionis submitted more than 50 investigational new drug applications to regulatory agencies and achieved six FDA and EU approvals, including TRYNGOLZA<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (olezarsen). Dr. Geary will serve as a strategic consultant to Ionis throughout 2026\u200b to support a seamless transition.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nFor three decades, Ionis has invented medicines that bring better futures to people with serious diseases. Ionis currently has six marketed medicines and a leading pipeline in neurology, cardiology and select areas of high patient need. As the pioneer in RNA-targeted medicines, Ionis continues to drive innovation in RNA therapies in addition to advancing new approaches in gene editing. A deep understanding of disease biology and industry-leading technology propels our work, coupled with a passion and urgency to deliver life-changing advances for patients. 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As a result, you are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks concerning Ionis&#8217; programs are described in additional detail in Ionis&#8217; annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and most recent Form 10-Q, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these and other documents are available from the Company. In this press release, unless the context requires otherwise, &#8220;Ionis,&#8221; &#8220;Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;our&#8221; and &#8220;us&#8221; all refer to Ionis Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiaries.<\/p>\n<p>\nIonis Pharmaceuticals<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and TRYNGOLZA<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> are trademarks of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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(Nasdaq: IONS) today announced that Richard Geary, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief development officer, will retire effective January 2026 and that Holly Kordasiewicz, Ph.D., currently senior vice president, neurology, will succeed him in the role. \u201cRichard has made tremendous contributions to Ionis over his 30-year tenure during which he spearheaded dozens of development programs and brought six innovative medicines through regulatory approvals, including TRYNGOLZA, our first independent commercial medicine. We thank him for his leadership and unwavering dedication to patients in need,\u201d said Brett P. Monia, Ph.D., chief executive officer, Ionis. \u201cHolly is a deeply &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ionis-announces-dr-richard-geary-chief-development-officer-to-retire-dr-holly-kordasiewicz-to-assume-role-in-january-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ionis announces Dr. Richard Geary, chief development officer, to retire; Dr. Holly Kordasiewicz to assume role in January 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-860047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ionis announces Dr. Richard Geary, chief development officer, to retire; Dr. Holly Kordasiewicz to assume role in January 2026 - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ionis-announces-dr-richard-geary-chief-development-officer-to-retire-dr-holly-kordasiewicz-to-assume-role-in-january-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ionis announces Dr. Richard Geary, chief development officer, to retire; Dr. Holly Kordasiewicz to assume role in January 2026 - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ionis announces Dr. Richard Geary, chief development officer, to retire; Dr. Holly Kordasiewicz to assume role in January 2026 CARLSBAD, Calif.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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