Adverum Biotechnologies Appoints Ophthalmology Industry Veteran Aaron Osborne, MBBS MRCOphth, as Chief Medical Officer
“Aaron brings to Adverum extensive experience in clinical practice, drug development and global medical affairs. He has been at the forefront of many exciting therapeutic developments for patients in the field of ophthalmology,” said
“It is an exciting time to join Adverum,” said
Dr. Osborne has over twelve years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry together with five years of clinical practice in the British National Health Service (NHS) as an ophthalmologist. He brings significant expertise in clinical development and broad relationships across the ophthalmic community. Dr. Osborne joins Adverum from Genentech, where he served as principal medical director in product development and global development leader for faricimab, guiding the design and execution of Phase II and Phase III studies in wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME), respectively. Previously, Dr. Osborne served as global medical affairs pharmaceuticals franchise head at Alcon. He served as head of global medical affairs for ophthalmic programs at
On the date Dr. Osborne commenced his employment, Adverum granted Dr. Osborne a stock option to purchase 450,000 shares of Adverum common stock pursuant to the inducement grant exception under Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4), as an inducement material to Dr. Osborne entering employment with Adverum. The option has a per share exercise price equal to the closing sales price of Adverum’s common stock on Nasdaq on the grant date, and will vest over four years, subject to his continued service with Adverum.
About Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.
Adverum is a clinical-stage gene therapy company targeting unmet medical needs in ocular and rare diseases. Adverum develops gene therapy product candidates designed to provide durable efficacy by inducing sustained expression of a therapeutic protein. As a leader in ophthalmic gene therapy, Adverum has collaboration agreements with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Editas Medicine. Adverum’s core capabilities include clinical development, novel vector discovery and in-house manufacturing expertise, specifically in scalable process development, assay development, and current Good Manufacturing Practices quality control. For more information, please visit www.adverum.com.
Investor and Media Inquiries:Amy Figueroa , CFA Investor Relations Consultant 650-823-2704 afigueroa@adverum.com
Source: Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.