Generation Bio announced the appointment of Antoinette Paone as head of regulatory affairs. Paone was formerly head of North American regulatory affairs strategy at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Paone brings nearly two decades of pharmaceutical industry experience, including twelve years at Vertex where she provided regulatory leadership on the marketing application submissions and approvals for Incivek®, Kalydeco®, Orkambi® and Symdeko®. She most recently served as vice president and head of North American regulatory affairs strategy. Prior to that, Paone led the global regulatory affairs chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) team at Vertex, and also held positions in chemical research and development and regulatory affairs CMC at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, and served as a research chemist at Merck & Co. Inc.