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About ActagenCT

Three people. One shared purpose.

ActagenCT was founded by a Stanford clinician, an entrepreneur whose wife and family live with myotonic dystrophy, and a daughter who was the caregiver for her mother with ALS. This work is personal for all of us.

Dr. John Day

Dr. John Day

Co-Founder & Chief Medical / Scientific Officer

Dr. Day is a Stanford neuromuscular disease specialist with more than 40 years dedicated to NMD clinical research. He has served as Principal Investigator on more than 100 clinical trials and has enrolled over 2,000 patients across SMA, DMD, ALS, CMT and related conditions.

Thirty-eight pharmaceutical sponsors have trusted him with their studies. He continues to practice at Stanford while leading the clinical vision for ActagenCT.

His presence means patients at ActagenCT receive care guided by one of the most experienced neuromuscular investigators in the country.
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Michael Hagerman

Michael Hagerman

Co-Founder & Executive Chair

Mike is a serial entrepreneur who has founded, built and sold multiple companies. At ActagenCT he leads fundraising and business development.

He brings the perspective of a family that has spent years navigating specialist appointments, mobility equipment and long waits for research to reach them — and he built ActagenCT to shorten that wait for other families.

His wife lives with myotonic dystrophy, as do her sister, her brother and his nephew. His daughter is a PhD investigator of neuromuscular disease.
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Sadhana Akella Mishra

Sadhana Akella Mishra

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Sadhana spent 20 years in financial technology as a regulatory compliance professional, serving as Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Risk Officer. She brings operational discipline, regulatory expertise and strategic leadership to clinical research.

At ActagenCT she leads business strategy, operations and the patient experience vision — the practical work of making sure a promise of care becomes a system that delivers it.

Her mother was diagnosed with ALS by a member of Dr. Day's team at Stanford. This mission is personal.
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