John Murphy

Bio:

John Murphy brings over 20 years of experience in biotech and pharma to Arbor. His breadth of experience includes work on viral and non-viral gene therapy, genetic medicines, antibodies, and small molecules, as well as preclinical and process sciences into Phase 3 clinical trials and following FDA approval. John previously led the Discovery Biology Group in Rare Disease Research at Pfizer focused on hemophilia, sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia, DMD, Friedreich’s Ataxia, Myotonic Dystrophy, and familial ALS. John has played key roles in developing Pfizer’s gene therapy collaborations with Spark, Bamboo, and Sangamo. Prior to Pfizer, John spent 15 years at Bayer, where he was an inventor of Jivi, a marketed third-generation FVIII product for treatment of hemophilia, worked in process sciences, and led a large group focused on large molecule discovery for non-malignant hematology. John began his career at Chiron working on gene therapies and non-viral delivery agents. John was a Damon Runyon Postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Harold Varmus’ lab at UCSF and received a Ph.D. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Brown University. John is a native New Yorker who enjoys taking long walks and runs to explore the side streets and hidden neighborhoods of Boston and whatever town he visits.