David Walsey, managing director and head of BrewLife's San Diego office, has moved to Alder BioPharmaceuticals as VP of corporate communications.

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Walsey was hired among a quartet of top executive hires at the Bothell, Wash.-based clinical stage pharma, which is advancing a migraine treatment into a key trial program.

Prior to Brewlife, part of W20 Group, Walsey led corporate communications for Sarpeta Therapeutics (then-AVI Biopharma), Arena Pharmaceuticals and Maxim Pharmaceuticals.