Date: 2015-04-27
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Atyr Pharma (USA - CA)
Therapeutic area: Cancer - Oncology - Genetic diseases - Rare diseases
Type agreement: nomination
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Details: * On April 27, 2015, aTyr Pharma, a biotherapeutics company engaged in the discovery and development of Physiocrine-based therapeutics to address rare diseases, announced the expansion of its Board of Directors with the addition of Mark Goldberg, M.D. Dr. Goldberg currently serves as senior advisor for medical and regulatory strategy at Synageva BioPharma Corporation, and was central to the development and approval of four therapies for rare diseases while at Genzyme. Dr. Goldberg brings nearly 20 years of experience developing and commercializing products to address unmet medical needs to his appointment. Prior to his current advisory role at Synageva, Dr. Goldberg was executive vice president, global medical and regulatory strategy at the company, with responsibility for product development, medical and regulatory affairs and the advancement of pipeline programs. He previously served as senior vice president of clinical development and global therapeutic group head for oncology, genetic and neurodegenerative diseases at Genzyme Corporation, where he was responsible for leading clinical development teams for all drugs in development in those therapeutic areas. While at Genzyme he played a central role in the development and approval of several therapies for rare diseases, including Fabrazyme®, Aldurazyme®, Myozyme® and Lumizyme®. Dr. Goldberg holds appointments at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute and has published more than 50 papers, with much of his scientific inquiry centering on gene expression and rare diseases. He received his AB (magna cum laude) from Harvard College and his M.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Medical School, where he is currently an associate professor.
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