Orchard Therapeutics announced that chief commercial officer Jason Meyenburg is leaving the company effective September 13, 2019 to take on a chief executive role in the industry. In the interim Mark Rothera, the company’s president and chief executive officer, will assume global commercial leadership responsibilities. Mr. Rothera has driven the transition of multiple emerging biotechnology companies from R&D stage to commercialization, with a special focus on bringing novel therapies to market for patients with rare diseases, having launched seven orphan drugs over the course of his 30-year career in the biopharmaceutical industry. Orchard has initiated a global search for Mr. Meyenburg’s permanent replacement.