Ed­i­tas hires top Sanofi sci­en­tist for CMO as C-suite shuf­fle con­tin­ues

Cam­bridge-based genome edit­ing com­pa­ny Ed­i­tas Med­i­cine has ap­point­ed Baisong Mei as its new VP and chief med­ical of­fi­cer, the com­pa­ny an­nounced Mon­day.

The new hire comes five months af­ter Ed­i­tas fired its for­mer CMO Lisa Michaels just 15 months af­ter her join­ing. It is un­clear why she was let go.

In April, the com­pa­ny got its new CEO, Gilmore O’Neill, its third CEO in the last three years. The new hires are part of a re­build­ing of the C-suite.

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