Gossamer Bio, Inc. Announces Promotion of Caryn Peterson to Executive Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
April 16, 2021 at 07:55 am
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Gossamer Bio, Inc. announced the promotion of Caryn Peterson to Executive Vice President, Regulatory Affairs. In this role, Ms. Peterson will continue to lead Gossamer’s Regulatory and Quality functions, tasked with strategizing and implementing global regulatory strategies for all clinical and pre-clinical programs, in addition to co-leading the Company’s CMC efforts. Ms. Peterson previously served as Senior Vice President, Regulatory & Quality after joining Gossamer in 2018. Previously, from 2004 to 2018, Ms. Peterson served as Managing Partner of Development & Strategic Consulting (“DSC”) Associates, LLC, focusing on the development, integration, and implementation of global clinical and regulatory strategy across a broad range of therapeutic areas. From 2008 to 2018, Ms. Peterson also served as Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. From 1997 to 2004, Ms. Peterson served as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at FeRx Incorporated, and from 1989 to 1997, Ms. Peterson held managerial positions in both Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Affairs at Amylin Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Amylin, Ms. Peterson was a staff scientist at Hybritech Incorporated from 1981 to 1989. Ms. Peterson has coauthored several research publications and is a co-inventor on multiple patent applications.
Gossamer Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of seralutinib for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Its product candidate Seralutinib, also known as GB002, is an investigational inhaled, small molecule, platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R), and c-KIT inhibitor, being evaluated in a Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of PAH. In contrast to the three classes of marketed vasodilatory therapies for PAH, its seralutinib has the potential to reverse pathological remodeling by addressing mechanisms that underlie PAH. Inhaled seralutinib, which is designed to act on both isoforms of the PDGFR, α and β, as well as the CSF1R and c-KIT pathways. In addition to PAH, seralutinib holds the potential as a therapeutic option for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD).
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