LXEO News & Events

Lexeo Therapeutics announced a series of key senior leadership appointments that underscore the company's continued and growing expertise in cardiovascular medicine and late-stage clinical development. The company also provided an update on the strategic partnership announced in June 2025 with Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Funds and venBio Partners to develop therapies for genetic cardiac diseases utilizing a novel non-viral RNA platform. Narinder Bhalla, MD has been appointed Chief Medical Officer. Bhalla has held senior roles at AstraZeneca and, most recently, at Bristol Myers Squibb, where he served as Senior Vice President and Head of Global Medical, Immunology & Cardiovascular. In connection with Dr. Bhalla's appointment, Eric Adler, MD, currently Head of Research at Lexeo Therapeutics, will serve as President and CEO of cardiac precision medicines company, Myoventive, Inc. Lexeo co-founded Myoventive in June 2025 with Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Funds and venBio Partners, with subsequent participation by MRL Ventures Fund and Alexandria Venture Investments. Myoventive is utilizing a novel platform designed to enable targeted RNA modulation in the heart, addressing genetic cardiac diseases that existing AAV platforms are unable to treat. Dr. Adler will remain a senior clinical and scientific advisor to Lexeo.

In addition to Dr. Bhalla's appointment, Lexeo announced the following updates: Jose Manuel Otero, PhD has been appointed COO, transitioning from his role as Chief Technical Officer, effective immediately. Hayes Dansky, MD has joined Lexeo as Vice President, Late-Stage Cardiology Development. He most recently served as Vice President of Innovation at Novo Nordisk's Bio Innovation Hub, supporting cardiometabolic disease initiatives, and previously served as Head of Clinical Development at Roivant and Sumitovant. Greg Aubert, MD, PhD has been named Vice President, Early-Stage Cardiology Development and Translational Science. He previously served as the Director of the Clinical and Translational Research Division at the Loyola University Cardiovascular Research Institute, where he founded the institution's Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic, and later led late-stage clinical trials at CSL Vifor.