Caren Deardorf, MBA


Board Member

Caren Deardorf has served on our board of directors since March 2022. Since September 2023, Ms. Deardorf has served as Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer at Editas Medicine. Previously, she served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Magenta Therapeutics, Inc., where she was responsible for the strategy, direction and execution of Magenta’s global commercial capabilities, a position she held from July 2021 until March 2023. Ms. Deardorf was Chief Commercial Officer of Ohana Biosciences from May 2019 to May 2021 and Vice President of global product development at Biogen from 2017 to 2019, where she was the commercial lead on Spinraza®, a treatment for children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare and often fatal inherited disease that typically presents in infancy. In this role, she led the development of the global launch strategy including commercial footprint, branding and reimbursement strategies.

Earlier in her career at Biogen, Ms. Deardorf was part of the building of the MS franchise of global brands—AVONEX® and TYSABRI®—and was responsible for brand and launch strategy for Tecfidera, a treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. Since December 2021, Ms. Deardorf has served on the board of directors of NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd. Ms. Deardorf earned a B.S. degree in biology at Tufts University and a Master of Business Administration from Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Ms. Deardorf’s executive leadership experience in the life science industry and extensive experience with pharmaceutical commercialization contributed to our board of directors’ conclusion that he should serve as a director of our company.

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