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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Executive Changes, Effective April 1, 2015

January 29, 2015 at 11:30 am

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed David L. Hallal as the Company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 1, 2015. Mr. Hallal currently serves as Alexion's Chief Operating Officer (COO) and is a Director of the Board. He will succeed Leonard Bell, M.D., Chairman and CEO, who will retire as CEO and continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.

Dr. Bell was the principal founder of Alexion in 1992 and has served as CEO for the past 23 years. Mr. Hallal, 48, has more than 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Since joining Alexion in 2006 to initiate commercial operations, he has served in key leadership positions of increasing responsibility, including as the Company's first Chief Commercial Officer, and was appointed COO and to the Board of Directors in 2014.

Mr. Hallal has played a principal role in leading many of the Company's key growth initiatives, including the highly successful launches of Soliris (eculizumab) in PNH and aHUS and the building of Alexionâ s 50-country operating platform.

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Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on discovering, development and commercialization of medicines. The Company's marketed products include ULTOMIRIS, SOLIRIS (eculizumab), STRENSIQ (asfotase alfa), KANUMA (sebelipase alfa) and ANDEXXA (coagulation Factor Xa - [recombinant] inactivated-zhzo). Its ULTOMIRIS product is a long-acting C5 inhibitor, that works by inhibiting the C5 protein in the terminal complement cascade. Its SOLIRIS product is a humanized monoclonal antibody that blocks terminal activity at the doses prescribed. Its Strensiq product is a targeted enzyme replacement therapy for patients with Hypophosphatasia (HPP). Its Kanuma product is a recombinant form of the human lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) enzyme. Its ANDEXXA product is a reversal agent for patients treated with rivaroxaban or apixaban.

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