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Suliman Named CEO at ReCode Therapeutics
11 January 2022 - - US-based biopharmaceutical company ReCode Therapeutics has appointed Shehnaaz Suliman, M.D., MBA, M.Phil., as chief executive officer and as a member of the board of directors, the company said.

Former CEO, David Lockhart, Ph.D., will transition to the role of chief scientific officer and will remain president and a member of the board of directors.

Dr. Suliman is a physician, drug developer and dealmaker with over 25 years of experience building and transforming small and large biopharmaceutical companies.

She most recently served as president and chief operating officer of Alector, a leading immuno-neurology and immuno-oncology company where she played a critical role growing, scaling, raising capital and advancing a late-stage development pipeline.

Prior to Alector, she served as senior vice president, corporate development and strategy at Theravance Biopharma from 2017 to 2019, where she helped deliver a USD 1bn profit sharing partnership with Janssen for the company's lead JAK inhibitor program.

Prior to Theravance, Dr. Suliman was vice president and global head, immunology, infectious diseases and specialty care at Roche from 2015 to 2017.

Dr. Suliman worked for Genentech as a group leader and project team leader in the R and D Portfolio Management and Operations Group from 2010 to 2015, where she oversaw an early development portfolio of more than 30 programs across multiple therapeutic areas.

She held various management roles of increasing responsibility at Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) between 2005 and 2010 and played a significant role in forward-integrating Gilead into new therapeutic areas through M and A.

Prior to Gilead, Dr. Suliman was an investment banker with Lehman Brothers and Petkevich and Partners, advising numerous public and private companies on buy- and sell-side transactions.

She was named as one of the 2017 Fiercest Women in Life Sciences and as one of the National Diversity Council's Power 50 in 2021 (Most Influential Women in Business).

Dr. Suliman serves as an independent director on the board of directors of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE) and 10x Genomics (NASDAQ: TXG).

Dr. Suliman received her M.D. (MB, ChB) from the University of Cape Town Medical School, South Africa, and holds an MBA, with distinction, and M.Phil. degrees from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

ReCode Therapeutics is an integrated genetic medicines company developing disease-modifying therapeutics using its powerful LNP delivery technology to target organs and tissues beyond the liver.

The company's pipeline includes lead programs for patients with life-limiting genetic respiratory diseases, including cystic fibrosis and primary ciliary dyskinesia.

The company is leveraging its proprietary LNP platform and nucleic acid technologies and utilizing systemic and direct delivery for mRNA-mediated replacement and gene editing/correction in target cells, including stem cells.
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