Novelion Therapeutics Inc. announced the appointment of Mark DiPaolo to its board of directors, effective immediately. Mr. DiPaolo is a partner and the General Counsel of Sarissa Capital Management LP. The company also announced that Geoffrey Cox, Ph.D., and Jorge Plutzky, M.D., stepped down from the Novelion Board of Directors as of July 31, 2017 and August 1, 2017, respectively.