Speaker Profile
M.D., CMO, Capsida
Biography
Swati Tole is the Chief Medical Officer at Capsida Biotherapeutics, a fully integrated gene therapy platform company focused on creating a new class of targeted, non-invasive gene therapies for patients with debilitating and life-threatening disorders. Dr. Tole's drug development experience spans a wide range of disease areas in adults and children, including rheumatology, gastroenterology, hepatology, and infectious disease. Prior to joining Capsida, she spent 13 years at Genentech in roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Vice President of Clinical Development. Prior to joining industry, Dr. Tole was a practicing internist at UCSF.
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
