WALTHAM, Mass., April 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —聽. (Nasdaq: DYN), a clinical-stage company focused on advancing life-transforming therapeutics for people living with genetically driven neuromuscular diseases, today announced the appointments of Vikram (Vik) Ranade, PhD, as chief business officer (CBO) and Ranjan (Ron) Batra, PhD, as chief scientific officer (CSO) of Dyne. Dr. Ranade will lead business development, corporate strategy and strategic partnerships to support the company鈥檚 late-stage clinical and commercialization plans. Dr. Batra will lead the company鈥檚 research strategy, pipeline development and activities supporting clinical development. Effective April 28, 2025, Oxana Beskrovnaya, PhD, will transition from CSO to chief innovation officer (CIO) responsible for driving Dyne鈥檚 comprehensive innovation strategy to maximize the value of its FORCE鈩� platform and further enable the company鈥檚 long-term success.
鈥淚 am excited to welcome Vik and Ron to our leadership team. Vik鈥檚 experience in business development and corporate strategy will be invaluable as we prepare for the potential launches of two medicines in 2027 in myotonic dystrophy type 1 and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Our incoming CSO, Ron, will play a key role in advancing our pipeline and elucidating the power of the FORCE platform to deliver functional improvement in the clinic,鈥� said John Cox, president and chief executive officer of Dyne. 鈥淲ith the addition of Vik, Ron and our CFO, Erick Lucera, as well as Oxana in her new role as CIO, we are well positioned to drive the business, deliver therapies that bring functional improvement to patients and create significant shareholder value through our clinical programs, pipeline and unique platform.鈥�
- Dr. Ranade joins Dyne, effective immediately, from Tessera Therapeutics, where he was senior vice president of corporate development, leading strategy and business development, and was member of the executive team. During more than five years at Tessera he also played a key role in equity financings totaling more than $600 million. Previously, he worked in McKinsey & Company鈥檚 healthcare practice, advising biopharmaceutical and biotechnology companies on strategy, M&A and R&D. He led diligence on completed deals with an aggregate transaction value of more than $15 billion and advised on clinical strategy for more than 20 programs. Dr. Ranade also co-led McKinsey鈥檚 Center for Asset Optimization, which focuses on clinical-stage asset development strategy. Dr. Ranade holds a PhD in Genetics and Development from Columbia University and a BS in biochemistry from Brandeis University, where he earned highest honors for his research on DNA damage repair pathways.
鈥淚 am thrilled to welcome Ron as our new scientific leader. He brings outstanding scientific expertise and the required peer network and passion to continue to expand Dyne鈥檚 pipeline of potentially transformative therapies,鈥� said Dr. Beskrovnaya. 鈥淚n my new role, I look forward to working with our strong leadership team and leveraging our world-class expertise in TfR1 delivery to pioneer and accelerate new therapeutic applications.鈥�
- Dr. Batra joins Dyne, effective April 28, 2025, from Lexeo Therapeutics, where he was vice president of research and translation. A leading expert in RNA biology and therapeutics, he has developed cutting-edge treatments for genetic diseases. Previously, Dr. Batra served as a senior vice president of R&D at LocanaBio, advancing RNA-targeted therapies for rare disorders including Duchenne muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy. Prior to LocanaBio, he worked at Verily Life Sciences and conducted pioneering research at UC San Diego and the University of Florida with more than 35 publications and patents. Dr. Batra earned a PhD in genetics from the University of Florida, where he studied RNA biology and gene therapy for neuromuscular diseases.
About Dyne Therapeutics
Dyne Therapeutics is discovering and advancing innovative life-transforming therapeutics for people living with genetically driven neuromuscular diseases. Leveraging the modularity of its FORCE鈩� platform, Dyne is developing targeted therapeutics that deliver to muscle and the central nervous system (CNS). Dyne has a broad pipeline for neuromuscular diseases, including clinical programs for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and preclinical programs for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and Pompe disease. For more information, please visit聽, and follow us on聽,听听补苍诲听.
