Edward S. Burd PhD

Edward Burd, Ph.D., has 25 years of regulatory affairs experience working first at FDA/CBER and then in startup and established pharma companies developing products for serious, unmet medical needs based on gene therapy, biologics, specified biotech products, and neurotoxins.

Prior to joining Rebiotix, Dr. Burd served as Global Regulatory Leader (GRL) for Allergan in dermatology, facial aesthetics, and neurology. Before that, he served as Director of Global Product Strategy and Regulatory Affairs for AbbVie, where he served as GRL for the biologics and new chemical entities for investigational treatments of multiple sclerosis, neuropathic pain, rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis, Crohn’s disease, and celiac disease. Dr. Burd’s career is further highlighted by senior regulatory affairs positions at Amgen, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals and Maxygen.

Prior to his career in the biotech industry, Dr. Burd was Senior Staff Fellow at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Here he spent seven years as a CMC reviewer for Gene Therapy products and authored more than 20 publications. Dr. Burd received his undergraduate degree in biology from California State College, earned a Ph.D. in microbiology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and performed post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School, MIT, and the National Institutes of Health. He is a past fellow of the National Research Council.