4D Molecular Therapeutics announced the appointment of Nancy Miller-Rich and Shawn Tomasello to the Board of Directors. Nancy Miller-Rich brings 35 years of experience in the healthcare industry, with significant expertise in business development and commercial strategy. Shawn Tomasello brings over 30 years of experience in the life sciences industry, with significant expertise building and leading commercial organizations. Ms. Miller-Rich has served in several leadership roles at Merck and, prior to the merger of the two companies, at Schering-Plough. She was most recently Senior Vice President, Global Human Health Business Development & Licensing, Strategy and Commercial Support and before that Group Vice President, Consumer Care, Global New Ventures and Strategic Commercial Development. Ms. Miller-Rich currently serves on the Board of Directors of Aldeyra Therapeutics as well as a number of private and not-for-profit entities. Ms. Tomasello most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer of Kite Pharma (subsequently Kite, a Gilead Company), where she led the commercialization of Yescarta, the first approved CAR-T therapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Prior to joining Kite, she served as Chief Commercial Officer at Pharmacyclics Inc. (subsequently Pharmacyclics, an Abbvie Company), during which time the brand Imbruvica was awarded the prestigious 2015 Prix Galien Award for Best Pharmaceutical Agent. Previously, she held senior leadership positions at Celgene Corporation, including President of the Americas, Hematology and Oncology. During her tenure at Celgene, Ms. Tomasello was responsible for all aspects of commercial sales and marketing for five brands encompassing 11 indications. Prior to this, she was National Director of Hematology for Rituxan at Genentech, representing the most significant portion of the company’s product revenue during her tenure. Ms. Tomasello currently serves on the Board of Directors of the following publicly-held companies: Urogen Pharma, Gamida Cell, and Mesoblast.
4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage genetic medicines company focused on unlocking the full potential of genetic medicines to treat diseases in ophthalmology and pulmonology. The Company has a portfolio of genetic medicine product candidates, with five product candidates in clinical trials in seven patient populations: 4D-150 for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME), 4D-710 for the treatment of cystic fibrosis lung disease (both in modulator ineligible and eligible populations), 4D-310 for the treatment of Fabry disease cardiomyopathy, 4D-125 for the treatment of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP), and 4D-110 for the treatment of choroideremia. In addition, it has two product candidates in preclinical development: 4D-175 for geographic atrophy (GA) and 4D-725 for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency lung disease.
4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS, INC. 
