Martha (Muffy) Carter joined Albireo in November 2016 as Chief Regulatory Officer. Muffy has four decades of regulatory experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Most recently, Muffy was Chief Regulatory Officer and Senior Vice President of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused in rare diseases, where she established global regulatory and quality functions and played a key role in bringing JUXTAPID®/LOJUXTA® (lomitapide) for the treatment of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia to market in 36 countries. Prior to Aegerion, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Regulatory Officer at Proteon Therapeutics and Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Trine Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in her career, Muffy held various positions of increasing responsibility in regulatory affairs, strategic planning and compliance. She has authored or co-authored numerous publications on regulatory matters and professional ethics. Muffy holds a B.A. in biology from Northeastern University.