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AlloVir Appoints Shawn Tomasello to Its Board of Directors
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AlloVir (Nasdaq: ALVR), a late-clinical stage allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy company, today announced the appointment of
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[{"type":"text","content":" WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAlloVir (Nasdaq: ALVR), a late-clinical stage allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy company, today announced the appointment of Shawn Tomasello to its Board of Directors. Ms. Tomasello brings more than 35 years of broad experience building and leading commercial organizations in the life sciences industry, with specific expertise in cell and gene therapy.\n\n“We’re thrilled to welcome Shawn to our Board of Directors. Her depth of experience in building successful biopharmaceutical companies and leading innovative cell and gene therapies from clinical development to commercialization is invaluable to AlloVir, as we advance our multi-virus specific T cell platform and evolve into a commercial stage company,” said Diana Brainard, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, AlloVir.\n\nAs Shawn joins, longstanding Board member John Wilson has advised the Board that he will retire at the expiration of his term at the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders. John co-founded AlloVir, then known as ViraCyte, and served as Executive Director from 2013 until 2018.\n\n“I would like to thank John for his tremendous impact on AlloVir. His contributions have helped shape the company from conception through clinical development and have set us up for continued success in the next stage of the company’s growth,” said Dr. Brainard.\n\nAbout Shawn Tomasello\n\nMs. Tomasello has extensive strategic experience in building world class organizations encompassing commercial, compliance, regulatory, pricing and medical affairs functions. From 2015 to 2018, Ms. Tomasello served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Kite Pharma, where she oversaw the global commercialization of the CAR T-cell therapy Yescarta® and played a key role in the company’s acquisition by Gilead Sciences. She previously served as Chief Commercial Officer of Pharmacyclics, where she led both commercial and medical affairs. Prior to Pharmacyclics, Ms. Tomasello served as President of the Americas, Hematology and Oncology at Celgene, where she led the company through five successful product launches encompassing 11 indications and played a critical role in acquisitions. She currently serves on the boards of TCR2 Therapeutics, 4D Molecular Therapeutics, UroGen Pharma, Mesoblast, Gamida Cell and Centrexion Therapeutics. Ms. Tomasello received a Bachelor of Science in Marketi...