Edgewise Therapeutics announced the appointment of Behrad Derakhshan, Ph.D., to the newly created position of Chief Business Officer. Dr. Derakhshan brings over 10 years of experience from innovative rare/ultra-rare disease companies with expertise in executing strong business partnerships, capital formation and corporate and business development strategy. This comes at an important time as Edgewise advances EDG-5506, the company’s lead product candidate, in clinical development for Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy. Dr. Derakhshan joins Edgewise from VectivBio, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing novel therapeutics across a variety of rare conditions, where he served as Chief Business Officer and was responsible for the company’s capital formation and business development strategy. Previously, Dr. Derakhshan served as the Head of Business Development at Therachon, a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of therapeutics for rare pediatric conditions, until its acquisition by Pfizer Inc. in 2019. Prior to Therachon, he was a Director at Alexion Pharmaceuticals responsible for Business Development and Strategic Evaluation after initially leading the New Products Global Commercial Insights and Analytics team.