Minerva Neurosciences Names Mark S. Levine GC

Minerva Neurosciences announced Mark S. Levine has been appointed vice president and general counsel. In this position, Levine will be responsible for the company’s legal affairs and will report to Rogerio Vivaldi, MD, MBA, Minerva Neurosciences’ president and chief executive officer. Levine has more than 17 years of experience as a corporate and commercial attorney. He has served in a number of senior legal positions including as assistant general counsel of athenahealth, Inc., a cloud-based service provider to medical practices and health systems. He was also formerly associate general counsel of Clinical Data, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, senior legal counsel of Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc., a renewable energy generating company, and associate general counsel of Xpedior Incorporated, an Internet consulting company.