RELIEF THERAPEUTICS Holding SA announced the appointment of Serene Forte, Ph.D., MPH, as Senior Vice President, Head of Genetic Medicine, effective July 18, 2022. In this newly created position, reporting to Raghuram (Ram) Selvaraju, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. Forte will spearhead Relief's new strategic foray into the genetic medicine arena. Prior to joining Relief, Dr. Forte served as Chief Scientific Officer of RCP Bio, a firm dedicated to optimizing commercialization for clinical-stage biotechnology companies headquartered in Cambridge, MA, where she was responsible for the strategic commercial development of rare disease therapeutics and gene therapy.

Before that, she was Vice President, Medical Affairs - Gene Therapy at Krystal Biotech Inc., where she managed the U.S. medical strategy for product development and commercialization of Vyjuvek®, which, upon approval, would be the first, non-invasive, topical, re-dosable gene therapy for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Prior, Dr. Forte held positions of increasing responsibility at PTC Therapeutics Inc., focused primarily on medical affairs. Most recently, as Executive Director, Head of U.S. Medical Affairs for Gene Therapy, Dr. Forte managed medical strategy for product development and commercialization of Upstaza®, a novel gene therapy for AADC-deficiency.

Before PTC Therapeutics, Dr. Forte was with Sarepta Therapeutics, first as Executive Director, Global Head Medical Communications and Medical Information, after which, she served as Executive Director, Global Gene Therapy Commercial Readiness, where she developed and drove the global commercial gene therapy delivery care model (U.S., Japan, LATAM) across the company's gene therapy portfolio. Earlier in her career, Dr. Forte held numerous medical affairs positions at a variety of biopharmaceutical companies including, as Director, Medical Sciences – Infectious Diseases & Vaccines, Medical Affairs at Medimmune Inc., an AstraZeneca Company.