Dr. Coughlin joins CytoImmune from Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. where she served as the Chief Medical Officer and led the clinical development, translational medicine, and regulatory efforts in the allogeneic red cell therapy platform. Prior to Rubius, Dr. Coughlin was with Tmunity Therapeutics, Inc., where she served as Chief Medical Officer and was responsible for the preclinical and clinical development of autologous CAR-T and TCR-T cellular therapies. Dr. Coughlin has held other leadership roles in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields in her career including Chief Medical Officer at Immunocore, heading the development of the soluble TCR platform, and Oncology Asset Team Leader at Pfizer.
“We’re pleased to welcome Dr. Coughlin as our Chief Executive Officer,” said Michael Caligiuri M.D., scientific co-founder, and Chief Medical Officer at CytoImmune. “We have made exciting progress in advancing our Cytokine-Induced Engineered CAR-NK cell technologies to the clinic, and Christina’s expertise across multiple cell therapy platforms and her understanding of the immuno-oncology space will help propel CytoImmune to the next level.”
“Christina’s deep industry experience and knowledge of cell therapy positions her to lead CytoImmune as we continue to advance our pipeline to make an impact for patients,” said Richard Santulli, the Chairman of CytoImmune. “With Christina at the helm as CEO, we are firmly poised to rapidly expand our clinical trial programs for NK cell therapies.”
