We're passionate about one thing... Helping patients

Our commitment to novel science, tools and approaches is unmatched and is advancing a pipeline of therapeutics for rare and devastating muscle and neuromuscular diseases.

Our mission is simple, to make patients stronger.

Meet the Management Team

Dan

Buel "Dan" Rodgers, PhD
Founder & CEO, Muscle developmental biologist

Jade

Jade Brown, MBA
Business Development Director

Chris

Chris Novashinski
Regulatory Affairs Director, Co-Founder & COO RareMoon

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Brian O'Rourke, PhD
Science Advisory Board - Cardiac Translational Medicine

Alex

Alexandra McPherron, PhD
CSO, Muscle molecular biologist

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Joseph Rininger, PhD
CMC Director, Managing Director SIA LBG

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William Mann, PhD/MBA
Chair, Science Advisory Board
- Corporate Relations
- Drug Development

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Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, PhD
Science Advisory Board - Neuromuscular Disease Gene Therapy

Gary

Gary Carswell, CPA
CFO, Founder & President Carswell & Associates

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Sarah K. Herring, PhD
Preclinical Director,
Manager SIA LBG

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Thomas E. Lloyd, MD/PhD
Clinical Director, Science Advisory Board - Inclusion Body Myositis

paul

Paul Gregorevic, PhD
Science Advisory Board - Muscle Gene Therapy & Physiology

RareMoon Regulatory Consultants

Regulatory services are contracted from RareMoon, leaders in gene therapy and rare disease consulting. This local agency provides non-clinical, clinical and statistical expertise to Aavogen and other clients globally.

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Legal Representation

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Frances Mosley

As a Partner at DLA Piper, Frances focuses her practice on a wide range of transactional and corporate matters, where she represents emerging growth companies and venture investors in general corporate matters, Board governance, securities law compliance, venture capital and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions. She is assisted by James McGraw, an Associate with expertise in strategic transactions across the life sciences.

Lisa Hillman

As a Partner at Lathrop GPM and over 20 years' experience in intellectual property lay, Lisa focuses on strategic patent counseling both domestically and internationally, concentrating on the life sciences industry. She advises start-ups, universities and global pharmaceutical companies with patent prosecution, portfolio management and validity opinions, due diligence and freedom-to-operate and infringement opinions.

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Partners

Aavogen partners with a variety of contract research and manufacturing organizations, and with academic institutions. These include Myologica, Nobel Life Sciences, VectorBuilder and Smithers Life Sciences. It also includes faculty at the Baylor College of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University.

Aavogen is seeking additional partners to help develop their pipeline and to explore new indications. Interested parties are encouraged to email the CEO.