Axovant Sciences announced that it has made several key senior management hires to strengthen its executive team. Stephen Mohr has joined the company as general counsel; Eric Floyd, Ph.D., as senior vice president, regulatory affairs; Thomas Templeman, Ph.D., as senior vice president, pharmaceutical operations and quality assurance; Mark Wadley as senior vice president, U.S. business; and Samina Bari as vice president, corporate communications. In addition, the company appointed current executive team member Shankar Ramaswamy, M.D., to a new role as vice president, global medical affairs. Mr. Mohr joins Axovant with over 25 years of experience in pharmaceutical legal and compliance matters. He was previously U.S. General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, North America at AstraZeneca. Prior to assuming that position, he was Global Compliance Officer for AstraZeneca. He also held a number of senior legal and compliance positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, including Vice President and Senior Counsel, U.S. Medicines. Earlier in his career, he specialized in litigation matters at Weiss David Fross Zelnick & Lehrman, P.C. (now Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu) and Rivkin Leff Sherman & Radler (now Rivkin Radler LLP). Dr. Floyd joins Axovant with nearly 20 years of regulatory experience within the pharmaceutical industry. Most recently, he was president of compliance services and chief scientific officer at Dohmen Life Science Services Inc. Dr. Templeman joins Axovant with over 25 years of experience across various aspects of pharmaceutical operations. He most recently served as chief operations officer at Graybug Vision, and was senior vice president of pharmaceutical operations and quality at Medivation prior to that. Mr. Wadley joins Axovant with 24 years of commercial leadership experience across sales, marketing, payer access and commercial operations. Mr. Wadley most recently served as senior vice president of sales at Guardant Health and previously was Vice President Oncology Sales, Organized Customers, and Payer at Medivation. Ms. Bari joins Axovant with over 25 years of U.S. and global communications experience in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. Most recently, she was vice president of corporate communications at Medivation, and was senior vice president of corporate communications at Pharmacyclics prior to that. In addition, current executive team member Dr. Shankar Ramaswamy will take on a new role at Axovant as vice president, global medical affairs. Dr. Ramaswamy was one of the earliest employees of Axovant and has served the company in multiple roles, including most recently as vice president, medical and scientific communications.