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Caribou Biosciences Appoints Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D., to its Board of Directors and Ruhi Khan as Chief Business Officer
BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRBU), a leading clinical-stage CRISPR genome-editing biopharmaceutical
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[{"type":"text","content":"BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRBU), a leading clinical-stage CRISPR genome-editing biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointments of Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D., to its board of directors and Ruhi Khan as its chief business officer. Dr. Richardson-Heron has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the healthcare, corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors. Ms. Khan brings over 20 years of business development and investment management experience focused on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. “Dara and Ruhi join Caribou at an exciting time as we advance our four wholly-owned allogeneic cell therapies for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, including our lead product candidate, CB-010, which is in an ongoing Phase 1 study,” said Rachel Haurwitz, Ph.D., Caribou’s president and chief executive officer. “Leveraging our differentiated chRDNA genome-editing technology and our proprietary delivery approach, we have established a pipeline of CAR-T and CAR-NK therapies progressing through development. As we expand our leadership at Caribou, we look forward to benefitting from the wealth of experience of both of these talented industry professionals as we work collectively on behalf of patients we aim to serve.” “I am delighted to serve on Caribou’s Board as the company drives innovation in an exciting new field of medicine,” said Dr. Richardson-Heron. “I am excited to be part of the effort to help Caribou develop potentially transformative, innovative allogeneic cell therapies and enhance accessibility for patients.” “Caribou has significant opportunities ahead with its proprietary chRDNA platform and its potential for broad application in the development of new medicines for treating patients with unmet medical needs,” said Ms. Khan. “I look forward to working with Rachel and the Caribou team to realize the promise of chRDNA genome editing and to deliver a new generation of therapies for patients.” Dr. Richardson-Heron most recently served as Pfizer’s chief patient officer where she was responsible for developing the organization’s global strategy to advance patient-focused programs. In this role, she worked closely with key stakeholders to seek patients’ voices and input to help the company achieve health equity and delive...