Athira Pharma, Inc Appoints Rachel Lenington as Chief Technology Officer, Head of Product Development Strategy
June 14, 2021 at 07:00 am
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Athira Pharma, Inc. announced the appointment of Rachel Lenington as Chief Technology Officer, Head of Product Development Strategy, effective June 14, 2021. Ms. Lenington brings more than 20 years of biopharmaceutical leadership experience at leading organizations including Seagen Inc, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Amgen with roles spanning R&D decision making, drug development and commercialization and partnership management. Ms. Rachel Lenington most recently served as Senior Vice President of Program and Portfolio Management at Seagen Inc. During her tenure at Seagen, Ms. Lenington led a team responsible for strategic business operations, program, portfolio, and alliance management and played an instrumental role in scaling the organization as it transformed into a global, multi-product oncology company. Prior to joining Seagen, Ms. Lenington was Deputy Director, Strategy, Planning and Management at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she managed strategy, business operations, and a multi-million dollar annual grant budget for select programs. Prior, Ms. Lenington held roles of increasing responsibility at Amgen for 10 years, including Director, Global Program Manager. In this role, Ms. Lenington led a team of project management professionals driving the global development and commercialization for Prolia®. She began her career as a management consultant for Accenture and Deloitte Consulting, focused on change management and ERP software implementation at Fortune 100 companies.
Athira Pharma, Inc. is a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on developing small molecules engineered to restore neuronal health and slow neurodegeneration. Its pipeline consists of both blood brain barrier permeable and peripherally restricted drug candidates for the central nervous system (CNS), peripheral nervous system, and other indications. Its lead candidate, fosgonimeton (ATH-1017), is a subcutaneously administered, small molecule positive modulator of the hepatocyte growth factor/mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor (HGF/MET) system for CNS disorders. It is also evaluating other drug candidates for the potential treatment of neuropathic pain, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases. Its ATH-1020 has completed a Phase I single ascending dose evaluation in healthy volunteers. Its ATH-1105 is a small molecule compound designed to be an orally available, once-daily treatment to enhance the HGF/MET system.