Taysha Gene Therapies Appoints Mary Newman as Chief Development Officer
May 13, 2021 at 07:00 am EDT
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Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. announced the most recent addition to its leadership team with the appointment of industry veteran Mary Newman as Chief Development Officer. Ms. Newman will oversee program and portfolio management, as well as translational sciences, and will report to Suyash Prasad, MBBS, M.Sc., MRCP, MRCPCH, FFPM, Taysha’s Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research and Development. Ms. Newman joins Taysha with more than 30 years of experience in regulatory affairs and research and development within the biotechnology industry, focusing on rare diseases. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Astellas Gene Therapies (formerly Audentes Therapeutics), where she oversaw global regulatory strategic development, all primary regulatory agency interactions, and regulatory compliance for Audentes’ development candidates. Prior to joining Audentes, Ms. Newman served as the Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance at SARcode Bioscience Inc., and was responsible for the development of Xiidra® for the treatment of dry eye disease.
Taysha Gene Therapies Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which is focused on advancing adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for severe monogenic diseases of the central nervous system. The Companyâs lead clinical program, TSHA-102, is in development for the treatment of Rett syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder. The Company is evaluating TSHA-102 in the REVEALPhase I/II adolescent and adult clinical trial, which is a first-in-human, open-label, randomized, dose escalation and dose-expansion, multicenter study evaluating the safety and preliminary efficacy of TSHA-102 in female patients aged 12-years and older with Rett syndrome. It has acquired a worldwide right to a clinical-stage, intrathecally dosed AAV9 gene therapy program, TSHA-120, for the treatment of giant axonal neuropathy (GAN). It received orphan drug designation from the European Commission for TSHA-120 for the treatment of GAN.
TAYSHA GENE THERAPIES, INC. 
