Scholar Rock Announces the Addition of Katie Peng to Its Board of Directors and Promotes Mo Qatanani, Ph.D. to Chief Scientific Officer

Scholar Rock (NASDAQ: SRRK), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), cardiometabolic disorders, and other serious diseases where protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced the appointment of Katie Peng to Scholar Rock’s Board of Directors and the promotion of Mo Qatanani, Ph.D., to Chief Scientific Officer.

“We are pleased to welcome Katie to Scholar Rock’s Board of Directors at a pivotal time when the company is preparing for the potential launch of apitegromab next year,” said David Hallal, Chairman of the Board of Scholar Rock. “Katie brings deep commercial expertise in neurology and rare diseases and has a strong understanding of SMA from her experience launching Evrysdi while she was a business unit head at Genentech. Katie joining our Board reflects the continued evolution of Scholar Rock, and as part of this process, Amir Nashat will be stepping down from the Board at this year’s annual shareholder meeting. Amir has made significant contributions to the growth of Scholar Rock since joining the board in 2012, and we extend our sincere gratitude to him for his unwavering dedication to the company.”

Ms. Peng is an accomplished biotechnology executive with over three decades of deep commercial experience in neurology and rare diseases, and she is currently the Chief Commercial Officer at Denali Therapeutics. Prior to joining Denali, Ms. Peng managed a neurology, ophthalmology, immunology, and rare disease portfolio representing approximately $14 billion in revenue at Genentech. She has successfully launched multiple products in neurology, oncology, and rare disease, notably Evrysdi (risdiplam) at Genentech, a medicine used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in adults and children. Before that, Ms. Peng was at Roche Holding AG, where she was the General Manager of both Taiwan and Singapore, managing the portfolio of over 30 products in the Asia Pacific region. Earlier in her career, she held multiple commercial roles at Amgen Inc. and was a research scientist at Allergan plc. Ms. Peng holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. She also serves as a board member for California Life Sciences and Adicet Bio.