Angela Tom

Company: Editas Medicine

Job title: Senior Director, Medical Affairs

Bio:

Angela Tom is the Senior Director, Medical Affairs at Editas Medicine. In this role, she has accountability for the medical affairs strategy, customer engagement, and launch readiness. She has a passion for bringing innovative therapies to people in need. Prior to starting her career in Biotech, Angela was the Nurse Practitioner for Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant then Hemophilia Nurse Practitioner at the University of Arizona.

Her Biotech career began in Field Medical at Biogen (subsequently Bioverativ then Sanofi-Genzyme) helping to launch two first in class extended half-life factor therapies for Hemophilia. She joined Orchard Therapeutics in 2020 to help build the Medical Affairs team in anticipation of launching the first autologous hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (an ultrarare pediatric neurometabolic disease that is fatal).

After approval of arsa-cel in March of 2024, she joined Editas Medicine as their first Medical Director to expand her knowledge and skills into the gene editing space. Angela received her BSN and MS in Nursing from the University of Arizona. She lives in Tucson, Arizona where she enjoys travel, camping, desert hikes, local music and UofA Basketball.

Seminars:

Panel Discussion: Starting with the End in Mind – Investing in Medical Affairs Early to Improve Long-Term Success 12:00 pm

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day: Conference Day One