BioSpace News Archive

As investigations into China’s major vaccine scandals continue, a number of top regulators and politicians have been fired as a result. Bi Jingquan, former head of China’s Drug Administration, resigned. Two deputy Chinese provincial governors and one mayor were also fired by the Community Party over the scandal.

Maria Fardis, chief executive officer of Iovance Biotherapeutics, sees tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapies as the best immunotherapy option to treat solid cancers.

Genentech is slashing 223 jobs at its South San Francisco headquarters, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification posted on a California state government website. The layoffs will go into effect on Aug. 31, according to the WARN posting.