Speaker Profile
PhD, Head of Gene Therapy Research, Biomarin
Biography
Pooja Agarwal is responsible for driving gene therapy programs from concept to late stage clinical development at BioMarin. She leads a team that maximizes the latest technologies to develop new and potentially best in class gene therapies. Her team is also responsible for the evaluation of novel gene therapy modalities with the potential to overcome some of the current constraints in gene delivery. Prior to joining BioMarin, Pooja served as Senior Vice President, Research and Development at Krystal Biotech, where she led the development of Vyjuvek, which was approved earlier this year as the first topical redosable gene therapy for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2024 Silicon Valley
Track Co-Chairs:
Yael Weiss, Mahzi Tx
Peter Marks, FDA
- PMWC 2024 Award Ceremony
Pioneer Honoree: Katherine A. High, AskBio
Pioneer Honoree: Timothy Yu, Boston Children's Hospital
- Piloting Interventional Genomics for Orphan Diseases
Keynote: Timothy Yu, Boston Children's Hospital
- Accelerated Approval for Small Populations: Biomarkers & Endpoints (PANEL)
Chair: Peter Marks, FDA
- Jennifer Puck, UCSF
- Maria Grazia Roncarolo, Tr1X
- Katherine A. High, Rockefeller University
- Jennifer Panagoulias, FAST (Angelman Syndrome Foundation)
- Timothy Yu, Boston Children's Hospital - Novel Clinical Design Approaches in Rare Diseases (PANEL)
Chair: Adam Shaywitz, Bridge Bio
- Salvador Rico, Encoded Therapeutics
- Eric Crombez, Ultragenyx
- Elizabeth Berri Kravis, Rush University
- Empowering Patient Advocacy in Rare Disease Therapies (PANEL)
Chair: Yael Weiss, Mahzi Tx
- Justin West, KCNT1 Foundation
- Michael Graglia, Syngap Research Fund
- Wendy Erler, Alexion Pharmaceuticals - Advancing the Frontier: Gene Editing for Rare Diseases (PANEL)
Chair: Matthew Porteus, Stanford
- James Chung, Kyverna Therapeutics
- Lucas Harrington, Mammoth Biosciences
- Aron Stein, Intellia Therapeutics - Advancing the Frontier: Gene and Cell Therapies for Rare Diseases (PANEL)
Chair: Morten Sogaard, Astellas Gene Therapies
- Pooja Agarwal, BioMarin Pharmaceutical
- David Kirn, 4dmt
- Adrian Veres, Dyno Therapeutics
- Thomas Wechsler, J&J
- PMWC Showcase
- Dominic Borie, Kyverna Therapeutics
