Joanne Beck

Orchard Therapeutics (Europe) Ltd. researches on transformative gene therapies. Its services include stem cell technology, gene therapy, eradicating orphan diseases, and paediatric diseases. The company was founded by Andrea Spezzi and Nicolas Koebel on September 1, 2015 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Celgene Corp. is an integrated global biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovery, development and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases. Its primary commercial stage products include Revlimid, Pomalyst, Imnovid, Otezla, Abraxane, and Vidaza. The company was founded by David Stirling and Sol Barer in 1986 and is headquartered in Summit, NJ.

ARM is a Washington, DC-based multi-stakeholder advocacy organization that promotes global initiatives necessary to facilitate access to life-giving advances in regenerative medicine. The organization promotes legislative, regulatory reimbursement, investment, technical, and other initiatives to accelerate the development of safe and effective regenerative medicine technologies. ARM also works to increase public understand- ing of the field and its potential to transform human healthcare. Prior to the formation of ARM in 2009, there was a need for more coordinated and cohesive advocacy representing the interests of the companies, research institutions, investors and patient groups that comprise the entire regenerative medicine community. Today ARM has more than 140 members and is the leading global advocacy organization in this field.

Orchard Therapeutics Plc is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in discovering, acquiring, developing and commercializing gene therapies for patients with rare disorders. The company focuses on its autologous ex vivo gene therapy approach on three therapeutic rare disease franchise areas: primary immune deficiencies, neurometabolic disorders, and hemoglobinopathies. Its portfolio includes Strimvelis, a commercial-stage gamma retroviral-based product for the treatment of Adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA-SCID). The company was founded by Nicolas Koebel and Andrea Spezzi in August 2018 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Boston Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that leverages a drug development team to advance a portfolio of high value candidates that address important unmet medical needs. The company was founded by Robert Armstrong and Chris Viehbacher and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.