Jackie Fouse and incoming Agios CEO Brian Goff

Af­ter ar­chi­tect­ing Agios’ on­col­o­gy ex­it and R&D piv­ot, Jack­ie Fouse hands keys to for­mer Alex­ion ex­ec

On Aug. 8, Agios will get a new face, as Jack­ie Fouse switch­es to board chair and for­mer Alex­ion ex­ec­u­tive Bri­an Goff steps in to lead the C-suite of a 14-year-old biotech in the ear­ly days of its tran­si­tion to a rare dis­ease drug de­vel­op­er.

The ear­ly Au­gust switch-up gives Fouse, who served in the up­per ech­e­lons of Cel­gene lead­ing up to the mas­sive Bris­tol My­ers Squibb ex­it, the chance to fo­cus her days on “en­vi­ron­men­tal­ly-ori­ent­ed projects” in Cape Cod and con­ser­va­tion ar­eas in Mass­a­chu­setts that have long sat on her wish list, she told End­points News ahead of the Tues­day post-clos­ing bell dis­clo­sure.

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