Robert May

Corporate Officer/Principal at Affinia Therapeutics, Inc.

56 year

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Robert May is currently the Chief Technical Operations Officer at Affinia Therapeutics, Inc. Prior to this, he was the Vice President at Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. from 2018 to 2020.
He also served as the Head-Technical Development Operations at Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. Mr. May completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley.

Robert May active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Affinia Therapeutics, Inc. Affinia Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Affinia Therapeutics, Inc. is a preclinical stage company, which engages in the research and development of gene therapy. It offers Affinia Rationally-designed Therapies (ART) platform, which develops novel therapies, focusing on the key components of a gene therapy: capsids, which are the outer shells of a virus used to package the genetic code to treat a disease; promoters, which control how the cells read the genetic code that is delivered; and manufacturing approaches, which determine the quality and cost of potential medicines. The company was founded by Luk Vandenberghe, Botond Roska, and Aaron Tward in 2019 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/06/2020

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Former positions of Robert May

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AVEXIS INC	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/06/2020
Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. manufactures and markets health care and nutritional products. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in East Hanover, NJ.	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-

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University of California, Berkeley

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Affinia Therapeutics, Inc. Affinia Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Affinia Therapeutics, Inc. is a preclinical stage company, which engages in the research and development of gene therapy. It offers Affinia Rationally-designed Therapies (ART) platform, which develops novel therapies, focusing on the key components of a gene therapy: capsids, which are the outer shells of a virus used to package the genetic code to treat a disease; promoters, which control how the cells read the genetic code that is delivered; and manufacturing approaches, which determine the quality and cost of potential medicines. The company was founded by Luk Vandenberghe, Botond Roska, and Aaron Tward in 2019 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.	Health Technology
Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. developed gene therapies for patients and families devastated by rare and life-threatening neurological genetic diseases. The firm’s robust AAV-based pipeline is used to provide advance treatments for Rett syndrome and Friedreich’s ataxia. The company was founded by John D. Harkey, Jr., David G. Genecov and John A. Carbona on March 8, 2010 and was headquartered in Bannockburn, IL.	Health Technology
Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. manufactures and markets health care and nutritional products. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in East Hanover, NJ.	Health Technology

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