Editas Medicine
James Mullen takes over as CEO from Feb. 15.
Editas chairman Mullen will don the CEO mantle Feb. 15, taking over for current Editas chief
Cynthia Collins. Before jumping to the Editas team, Mullen was CEO and director of the CDMO Patheon later snapped up by Thermo Fisher and also served as the CEO of Biogen. In a brief release, Editas didn’t say why Collins was leaving. “It has been a privilege to lead Editas Medicine and this extremely talented team,” she said in a statement. “I am particularly proud of the progress to the clinic we have made with both in vivo and ex vivo gene edited medicines.” Collins joined Editas in 2019, picking up the role from