MeiraGTx Holdings plc announced the appointment of Dr. Debra Yu to its Board of Directors. Dr. Yu currently serves as President and Chief Strategy Officer of LianBio, and previously served as LianBio's President and Chief Business Officer. Dr. Yu has more than 30 years of healthcare industry experience in business development, alliance management, investment banking and capital markets.

She has held senior positions at Pfizer in its Worldwide Business Development organization and Labrador Advisors, LLC, where she advised numerous partnerships and licensing transactions. Dr. Yu also previously served as a partner at two life science focused venture capital firms in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Yu received a bachelor's degree with high honors in molecular biology from Princeton University and earned a medical degree from Harvard Medical School.