Getting to Know TScan Therapeutics, guest, Dr. Debora Barton

Join A Cure in Sight, an ocular melanoma foundation, to interview Debora Barton at TScan Therapeutics.

Tune in for an episode full of hopeful advances in treatment avenues and research.

Check out their website, www.tscan.com for information on their sites open for prescreening as well as their treatment protocol.

You can learn more about the uveal melanoma specific trials at the links below: NCT05812027 (screening protocol) and NCT05973487 (treatment protocol).

Debora Barton, M.D., is the Chief Medical Officer at TScan Therapeutics. Debora, a clinical oncologist experienced in developing cell therapies, brings to TScan nearly two decades of expertise across global clinical research and development. Prior to joining TScan, Debora was the Chief Medical Officer at Carisma Therapeutics Inc., where she was responsible for the clinical development of a First-in-Human, First-in-Class cell therapy, including clinical operations, medical affairs, and safety. Previously, Debora was the Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical, Head of Safety at Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc., where she built a team to run several Phase 2 studies in solid tumors and led clinical efforts related to regulatory interactions. Prior to Iovance, she held positions of increasing responsibility at biotech and pharmaceutical companies including Advanced Accelerator Applications S.A., Celgene Corporation, and Novartis. Debora is a board-certified clinical oncologist (M.D.), and a board member for the American Cancer Society, the Tigerlily Foundation (medical advisory board), and Arovella Therapeutics Ltd (non-executive director). She holds an M.D. from Pontificia Universidade Catolica Sao Paulo and completed her fellowship in Oncology at Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil.

 

Read a summarized transcript of this episode at the link. 

 

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