Better Therapeutics, Inc. announced that Diane Gomez-Thinnes joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer starting October 26, 2022. Gomez-Thinnes brings more than two decades of experience in the healthcare industry, leading the commercialization and launch of products spanning the medical device, prescription medicines and consumer health sectors for companies including Johnson & Johnson and Galderma, where she served as President of U.S. Operations. At Galderma, Gomez-Thinnes led the company's largest U.S. business in which she delivered double digit growth while playing a leadership role during a transformative period for the company.

During her tenure, she directed the launch of more than 20 products including innovative drug delivery technology, a refreshed consumer product line, and new aesthetics products with a focus on data-informed treatments. Prior to Galderma, Gomez-Thinnes spent 17 years at Johnson & Johnson, ultimately serving as Worldwide President for Mentor, where she led the return of that business to a #1 global leadership position through a refreshed product pipeline, a new digital customer experience solution, and in-market commercial partnerships. Gomez-Thinnes joins Better Therapeutics following the FDA's acceptance of the company's de novo classification request of its BT-001 prescription digital therapy for type 2 diabetes (T2D) in adults for review.

This comes on the heels of completion of an encouraging pivotal clinical trial generating positive results for the company's lead prescription digital therapeutic. The Better Therapeutics CBT platform is designed to deliver a novel form of CBT via a smartphone application to help individuals tackle the underlying causes of cardiometabolic diseases. In its pivotal trial for BT-001, T2D patients using the Better Therapeutics platform with the current standard of care showed improved A1C control compared to patients only receiving the current standard of care and were less likely to need additional – and often more costly – medications to control their disease progression.