Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that Michael Yang, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, will be leaving the organization effective January 29, 2021 to assume the role of chief executive officer at another healthcare company. Charmaine Lykins, Senior Vice President, Global Product Planning and Chief Marketing Officer and Amanda Morgan, Senior Vice President, Chief Revenue and Customer Officer,will lead the commercial organization. Charmaine Lykins is Senior Vice President, Global Product Planning and Chief Marketing Officer and leads Acadia’s healthcare professional and consumer marketing, marketing operations and new product planning functions. She joined the company in 2018 as Vice President, Marketing and in 2019 was promoted to Senior Vice President and became a member of the company’s Executive Management Committee. Ms. Lykins has over 25 years of global experience commercializing healthcare brands, including 10 product launches representing first-in-class therapies for central nervous system disorders. Prior to joining Acadia, Ms. Lykins served as Global Vice President of Marketing at Lundbeck. Prior to Lundbeck she held global marketing leadership roles at Sunovion and U.S. marketing and sales leadership roles at Eli Lilly. Her career experience includes strategic commercialization roles in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as in research and development. Amanda Morgan is Senior Vice President, Chief Revenue and Customer Officerand leads Acadia’s neuroscience, long-term care, national accounts, and health systems. She joined the company in 2017 as Vice President, Sales and Market Access and in 2019 was promoted to Senior Vice President and became a member of the company’s Executive Management Committee. Ms. Morgan has over 20 years of experience in developing high-performing cultures and teams in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Acadia, she was the U.S. Head of Patient Services at Baxalta where she was responsible for launching the patient services organization that supported more than $6 billion dollars in revenue. Prior to Baxalta, she was U.S. Area Vice President at Baxter leading the hospital and healthcare sales teams overseeing market expansion, supplemental indications, and new product launch strategies.