Christine Sheaffer

A biotechnology leader with 25 years’ experience in developmental, clinical and commercial biologics manufacturing, Christine Sheaffer joined Spark in 2018 and now serves as the Head of Manufacturing & Supply. In this role she leads both internal and external manufacturing, supply chain and operational excellence; she also has functional responsibility for operational readiness of Spark’s Gene Therapy Innovation Center, which is currently under construction in University City, Philadelphia. While at Spark Christine has built a strong manufacturing team and played a pivotal role in the manufacturing and supply of LUXTURNA™, the first gene therapy for a genetic disease approved in the U.S. She and her team are also responsible for clinical supply of the assets in Spark’s pipeline for Fabry disease, Hemophilia A and others. A proven leader with deep technical skills, Christine is highly experienced in technical transfer, commercialization, CMC submissions, and successfully preparing facilities and teams for regulatory inspections. At the same time, she has extensive experience working with cell culture and purification operations, stainless steel and single use bioreactors, and in general GMP manufacturing operations. Prior to joining Spark, Christine served as Senior Director of Manufacturing at Endo Pharmaceuticals where she led the tech transfer and commercialization of Xiaflex™. Christine earned a BS in Biology from Bloomsburg University.