Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has appointed Joan Schmidt as executive vice president, General Counsel and Secretary. Ms. Schmidt will join Arena in March 2020 and report to Amit D. Munshi, Arena’s president and chief executive officer. Steven Spector, Arena’s executive vice president, General Counsel and Secretary, will be retiring from the company after nearly two decades of service. To support the transition, Mr. Spector will remain in his current role until early March, and then ...