Satellos Bioscience Inc. has appointed Antoinette Paone as Chief Development Officer and Head of Regulatory Affairs. Ms. Paone brings extensive experience leading regulatory strategy from clinical development through approval, including her work on Kalydeco and Orkambi at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. She joins Satellos from Generation Bio, where she most recently served as Chief Operating Officer.

At Generation Bio, Ms. Paone led the company?s growth from start-up to a development-ready organization, shaping key business functions, including regulatory strategy, quality, CMC, technical operations, and program management. She was also part of the executive team responsible for a series of equity financings over four years, including a successful IPO and a strategic partnership with Moderna. Prior to Generation Bio, she spent more than a decade at Vertex, most recently as Vice President, Head of North American Regulatory Affairs Strategy, where she led regulatory efforts for multiple novel small molecule cystic fibrosis therapies, including Kalydeco and Orkambi.

Earlier in her career, she held roles at Merck & Co. and Millenium Pharmaceuticals Inc. Ms. Paone holds an MBA from Bentley College, an MS in Organic Chemistry from Yale University, and a BS in Chemistry from Fordham University.