Life Sciences Business Leaders Call for Immediate and Complete Economic Disengagement from Russia

By Donald Zuhn –- In an open letter posted on February 26, six life sciences business leaders called on other members of their industry "to cease all business involvement in Russia." The authors of the open letter included Meg Alexander, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Ovid Therapeutics; Paul Hastings, President and CEO, Nkarta Therapeutics; Peter Kolchinsky, Managing Partner, RA Capital Management, LP; Jeremy Levin, Chairman and CEO, Ovid Therapeutics; Ted Love, President and CEO, Global Blood Therapeutics; and John Maraganore, Founding CEO, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. The authors of the letter encouraged "employees at all levels of all industries in all countries" to…