Raymond Kaczmarek
Industry veteran Ray Kaczmarek has joined Dallas-based Nanoscope Therapeutics as chief technology and manufacturing officer.
Nanoscope is a late-stage clinical biotechnology company developing gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases and geographic atrophy. The company said Kaczmarek is a recognized expert in gene therapy manufacturing with decades of experience leading operations, technology, and commercial supply strategies at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
“Ray brings a wealth of expertise in building and sustaining gene therapy manufacturing programs. His operational leadership will be crucial to developing the commercial supply of our future therapies as we advance towards potential commercialization,” Sulagna Bhattacharya, co-founder and CEO of Nanoscope, said in a statement.
Nanoscope said that Kaczmarek has an extensive background of executive leadership and operational expertise in the gene therapy manufacturing industry.
Former CEO of Genezen
Most recently, he was CEO of Genezen, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in viral vector process development, GMP manufacturing, and analytical services. Before Genezen, Kaczmarek served as vice president of GMP Operations at TriLink Biotechnologies, part of Maravai Lifesciences, a CDMO specializing in the synthesis of nucleic acids, GMP capping reagents, plasmids, and oligonucleotides.
Kaczmarek also was vice president of manufacturing and supply chain operations at Pacira Biosciences, a leading provider of non-opioid pain management and regenerative health solutions, and, before that, he was president of Nitto Avecia, a CDMO specializing in end-to-end solutions for oligonucleotide programs.
“Nanoscope has reached a pivotal juncture in its mission to bring transformative gene therapy products to market,” Kaczmarek said in a statement. “I’m excited to contribute my expertise to Nanoscope’s programs, and I look forward to leading the build-out of commercial product manufacturing to ensure Nanoscope is ready to bring these much-needed treatments to patients.”
Nanoscope Therapeutics is developing gene-agnostic, sight-restoring optogenetic therapies for the millions of patients blinded by retinal degenerative diseases, for which no cure exists.
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