Soligenix, Inc. announced that it has appointed Daniel P. Ring as Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Planning, effective immediately. Mr. Ring has over 22 years of business development and commercial experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. In this new role, Mr. Ring will oversee the Company's global business development function, which will include balanced and disciplined management of any current or new strategic business opportunities, initiatives, mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, alliances, and/or licensing agreements. Previously, Mr. Ring served as the Vice President of Business Development at Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC, where he was responsible for creating the company's US commercial operations and growing its revenue and income via transactions with strategic partners. Previously, he was an executive with Merck & Co., Inc. for 17 years, in various sales, marketing and finance positions, rising to Executive Director of Corporate Licensing. His negotiation skills have resulted in more than 40 executed transactions with a combined value of greater than $7 billion, ranging from early pre-clinical collaborations through commercialization; including in-licensing, out-licensing, subsidiary divestitures, product divestitures, patent settlements, marketing alliances and co-promotions, as well as private debt and equity offerings.