GTKYN: Sarah Boyce, President and CEO, Avidity Biosciences

Speaker

Sarah Boyce, President and CEO Avidity Bioscience

In October 2019, Sarah Boyce joined Avidity as President and CEO, and she serves as a member of the board of directors. Ms. Boyce brings to Avidity extensive operational, commercial and leadership experience in the life sciences industry and has built global organizations, bringing a number of innovative therapies including Tegsedi®, Waylivra®, Soliris®, Gleevec® and Tasigna® to patients. She most recently served as President and a member of the board of directors of Akcea Therapeutics, where she led the commercialization of the company’s rare disease products. Prior to joining Akcea in April 2018, Ms. Boyce held multiple executive-level roles at leading pharma and biotech companies including Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Forest Laboratories, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Oncology and Roche. Ms. Boyce currently serves as a member of the board of directors at Ligand, Inc and Berkeley Lights, Inc. She received a B.S. degree in microbiology from the University of Manchester, England.

Agenda:

5:30pm –  6:00 pm Networking and light refreshments

6:00pm –  6:15 pm 30-second pitches and Introduction from SDEE President

6:15pm –  7:00 pm Main Presentation and Q & A

7:00pm -  7:30 pm Continued networking

Free for SDEE Members

$25 Non-members

Walk-in ticket requests are welcome.