Entrada Therapeutics Appoints Linea Aspesi as Chief People Officer

A seasoned global people leader and organizational strategist, Ms. Aspesi will help scale Entrada’s people and organization for its next phase of growth

BOSTON, Oct. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Entrada Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRDA) today announced the appointment of Linea Aspesi as Chief People Officer.

“Linea has a proven track record of scaling organizations and developing high-performing teams from discovery through commercial stages,” said Dipal Doshi, Chief Executive Officer at Entrada Therapeutics. “We are in a catalyst-rich period with our neuromuscular programs, and Linea brings deep experience that will be invaluable as we continue to build an industry-leading culture that enables Entradans to do their best work and deliver on the potential of our pipeline. People are the foundation of any organization, and at Entrada, we know that a strong and engaged team is critical to our ability to develop a new class of genetic medicines and ultimately bring them to the patients who need them most.”

“Entrada is a company with a clear and steady commitment to patients and to one another,” said Ms. Aspesi. “I’m thrilled to join the team at such an important time in Entrada’s growth and look forward to building on its strong, mission-driven culture and fostering an environment where our colleagues can continue to do their best work as we grow and advance our pipeline for patients.”

Ms. Aspesi is an organizational leader with more than twenty years of experience driving culture transformation at biopharmaceutical and technology companies ranging from small-cap to Fortune 500. With a focus on scaling organizations from discovery through commercial stages, she has led companies through critical inflection points while executing culture strategies that put people first and drive employee engagement and retention. Prior to Entrada, Ms. Aspesi served as Chief People Officer at KalVista Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Chiesi Group) and held multiple executive-level human resources leadership roles at life science companies including Editas Medicine, Forma Therapeutics, Inc. (acquired by Novo Nordisk), Saniona, Inc., Sobi, Inc., and Genzyme Biologics Manufacturing (acquired by Sanofi). Ms. Aspesi holds a BA in Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

About Entrada Therapeutics
Entrada Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to transform the lives of patients by establishing a new class of genetic medicines that engage intracellular targets that have long been considered inaccessible. Through proprietary, versatile and modular approaches, Entrada is advancing a robust development portfolio of genetic medicines for the potential treatment of neuromuscular and inherited retinal diseases, among others. The Company’s lead oligonucleotide programs are in development for the potential treatment of people living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who are exon 44, 45, 50 and 51 skipping amenable. Entrada has partnered to develop a clinical-stage program, VX-670, for myotonic dystrophy type 1.

For more information about Entrada, please visit our website, www.entradatx.com, and follow us on LinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements
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Media Contact
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CTD Comms, LLC
megan@ctdcomms.com

Investor Contact
Doug Snow
Head of Investor Relations
dsnow@entradatx.com

Patient Advocacy Contact
Sarah Friedhoff
Head of Patient Advocacy
patientadvocacy@entradatx.com

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