– USA, CA – Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRBU), a leading clinical-stage CRISPR genome-editing biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment of Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron (M.D.) to its Board of directors.
Dr. Richardson-Heron has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the healthcare, corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors.
Concurrently, the company also announced the appointment of Ruhi Khan as its chief business officer. Mais. Khan brings over 20 years of business development and investment management experience focused on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
“Dara and Ruhi join Caribou at an exciting time as we advance our four wholly-owned allogeneic cell therapies for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, including our lead product candidate, CB-010, which is in an ongoing Phase 1 study,” said CEO, Dr. Rachel Haurwitz. “Leveraging our differentiated chRDNA genome-editing technology and our proprietary delivery approach, we have established a pipeline of CAR-T and CAR-NK therapies progressing through development. As we expand our leadership at Caribou, we look forward to benefitting from the wealth of experience of both of these talented industry professionals as we work collectively on behalf of patients we aim to serve.”
About Dr. Richardson-Heron
Dr. Richardson-Heron most recently served as Pfizer’s chief patient officer where she was responsible for developing the organization’s global strategy to advance patient-focused programs. In this role, she worked closely with key stakeholders to seek patients’ voices and input to help the company achieve health equity and deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Before joining Pfizer, Dr. Richardson-Heron served as the chief engagement officer and scientific executive for the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, a nationwide landmark longitudinal research study of over one million U.S. volunteers to advance diverse and innovative health research that may lead to more precise treatment and prevention strategies. Dr. Richardson-Heron also served as CEO of the YWCA of the USA and CEO of the Greater NYC Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Earlier in her career, she worked with United Cerebral Palsy Association as assistant executive director/national chief medical officer and served as executive medical director and special assistant to CEO at Consolidated Edison Company of New York. She is a long-serving member of the board of the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens.
“I am delighted to serve on Caribou’s Board as the company drives innovation in an exciting new field of medicine,” said Dr. Richardson-Heron. “I am excited to be part of the effort to help Caribou develop potentially transformative, innovative allogeneic cell therapies and enhance accessibility for patients.”
Dr. Richardson-Heron earned an M.D. from New York University School of Medicine, where she did her internship and residency in internal medicine, and a B.A. in biology from Barnard College, where she currently serves as a trustee.
About Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
Caribou is a clinical-stage CRISPR genome-editing biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with devastating diseases by applying the company’s proprietary chRDNA technology toward the development of next-generation, genome-edited allogeneic immune cell therapies. The company is developing a pipeline of genome-edited, off-the-shelf CAR-T and CAR-NK cell therapies for the treatment of both hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. The therapies target cell surface antigens for which autologous CAR-T cell therapeutics have previously demonstrated clinical proof-of-concept as well as additional emerging targets.
For more information: https://www.cariboubio.com
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