Pharmasset Appoints Patrick T. Higgins as Executive Vice President, Marketing & Sales

Pharmasset, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRUS) appointed Patrick T. Higgins as Executive Vice President, Marketing & Sales, responsible for coordinating the global product launch and marketing activities for Pharmasset's drug candidates. Mr. Higgins, who has served as a consultant to Pharmasset since 2006, was recently Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Virology at Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc. His areas of expertise include hepatology, HIV and cytomegalovirus for transplant patients. Mr. Higgins was responsible for directing the development and implementation of marketing and sales plans for Roche's US hepatology franchise, including the global launch of Pegasys(R) and Copegus(R) for the treatment of chronic...

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