AavantiBio Appoints Ty Howton as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
“AavantiBio, a gene therapy company focused on transforming the lives of patients with rare genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of Ty Howton as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. A veteran life sciences executive, Mr. Howton brings to AavantiBio more than two decades of strategic, operational, and legal experience in the biopharmaceutical industry,” released AavantiBio in BusinessWire.
“In his most recent position, Mr. Howton served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRPT), where he led Company’s global legal and compliance functions and oversaw quality assurance and information technology. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and as a member of the executive team at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX), where he had general management responsibilities and oversaw all aspects of the legal and compliance departments globally, including risk management. Prior to joining Vertex, Mr. Howton worked at Genentech, Inc., where he served in a variety of legal roles before becoming the company’s chief healthcare compliance officer. Earlier in his career, he was a member of the Sidley Austin LLP corporate healthcare practice where he advised on corporate transactions involving life science companies and provided regulatory counsel.”
