Atea Ph3armaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Janet Hammond, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.M., F.C.P., to the newly-created position of Chief Development Officer. Dr. Hammond will be responsible for overseeing Atea's clinical development programs, specifically spearheading its development of AT-527 for the treatment of COVID-19. Dr. Hammond joins Atea from AbbVie, Inc. where she served as Vice President and Therapeutic Area Head for General Medicine and Infectious Disease Development. Before that, she served as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Infectious Diseases and Head of pRED China at F. Hoffmann-La Roche. Earlier, she served as Chief Medical Officer, Senior Vice President and Head of Medical Affairs at Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, she was Group Director in Global Clinical Research, Virology and Infectious Diseases at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Dr. Hammond began her career in drug discovery and development at GlaxoSmithKline where she rose through a series of clinical leadership positions to become Head of Clinical Drug Discovery, Virology.