Vanda Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VNDA), a global biopharmaceutical company, announced yesterday that it has named Timothy Williams as its new senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.

Prior to joining Vanda, Williams served as executive vice president, general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary at AgNovos Healthcare. Prior to this position, he was senior legal counsel and assistant secretary at Stryker Corporation where he led the legal department's global M&A, corporate governance, and securities groups. Before joining Stryker, he practiced law in Chicago at Mayer Brown LLP and Bryan Cave LLP.

Mihael H Polymeropoulos, MD, president and CEO of Vanda, said, 'I am very pleased to welcome Tim to the Vanda executive management team. He is an exceptional leader and lawyer and brings a wealth of experience that we expect will prove instrumental as we continue to execute our global strategy.'