Blueprint Medicines Appoints Daniella Beckman to its Board of Directors

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Dec 09, 2021, 16:01 ET

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blueprint Medicines Corporation (NASDAQ: BPMC) today announced the appointment of Daniella Beckman to its board of directors. Ms. Beckman, who is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Tango Therapeutics and board member for Vor Biopharma and 5:01 Acquisition Corp, brings more than 20 years of corporate strategy, finance and business operations experience.

"Daniella's wealth of experience in the biopharmaceutical sector brings new strength to our Board of Directors," said Jeff Albers, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Blueprint Medicines. "We welcome her perspective and expertise as we continue our evolution as a global leader in precision therapy."

"Blueprint Medicines has achieved impressive business results and impact for patients in its first 10 years, with two approved medicines, a broad pipeline and a fully integrated global business," said Ms. Beckman. "I'm excited to join the company at the precipice of its next wave of growth, and I look forward to working with management and other board members to realize the promise of precision medicine for even more patients with significant medical needs."

Ms. Beckman joins Blueprint Medicines with deep financial and operational experience across the biotechnology industry, having worked with both private and publicly traded companies throughout her career. At Tango Therapeutics, Ms. Beckman oversees finance, investor relations, and business development. Prior to joining Tango, Ms. Beckman was a consultant to early-stage biotechnology companies, leading financial activities and building companies' financial infrastructures. She also served as Interim Chief Financial Officer for Neon Therapeutics. Previously, Ms. Beckman was Chief Financial Officer of Idenix Pharmaceuticals, where she was responsible for finance, investor relations, and IT until the company was acquired by Merck in 2014. Earlier in her career, she held various finance positions at Coley Pharmaceuticals, Biogen Idec, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Ms. Beckman received her BA in business administration and accounting from Boston University. Ms. Beckman also serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee for the Board of Directors of Vor Biopharma, Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Nomination and Governance Committee for the Board of Directors of 5:01 Acquisition Corp, and previously served as Chair of both the Audit and the Nomination and Governance Committees for the Board of Directors of Translate Bio.

About Blueprint Medicines 

Blueprint Medicines is a global precision therapy company that invents life-changing therapies for people with cancer and hematologic disorders. Applying an approach that is both precise and agile, we create medicines that selectively target genetic drivers, with the goal of staying one step ahead across stages of disease. Since 2011, we have leveraged our research platform, including expertise in molecular targeting and world-class drug design capabilities, to rapidly and reproducibly translate science into a broad pipeline of precision therapies. Today, we are delivering approved medicines directly to patients in the United States and Europe, and we are globally advancing multiple programs for genomically defined cancers, systemic mastocytosis, and cancer immunotherapy. For more information, visit www.BlueprintMedicines.com and follow us on Twitter (@BlueprintMeds) and LinkedIn. 

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