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Cristal Therapeutics has appointed Dr. Axel Mescheder to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect. He will also serve as Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
Every year, Forbes creates a list of 30 Under 30, people under the age of 30 who have made a mark and show promise in various areas. They just came out with the 2019 30 Under 30: Healthcare. Here we highlight a dozen of the winners for their roles in biopharma-related endeavors.
Rob Dunn, a professor of applied ecology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh recently wrote a book, Never Home Alone. In this book, he describes how millions of microorganisms, bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites and insects live in your home—and in and on your body.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Roivant Sciences, the umbrella company to 14 Vant companies, including Datavant, Enzyvant Sciences, Urovant Sciences and others, raised another $200 million in equity financing.
Checkpoint inhibitors are only effective against inflamed tumors, called ‘hot’ tumors. Unfortunately, most tumors are ‘cold’ (not inflamed) and hide from the immune system by appearing to be too similar to normal cells.
UH Expert to Bring Consistency to Corneal Stem Cell Fate
ASLAN Pharmaceuticals announced today the appointment of Robert E. Hoffman as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Mr. Hoffman has more than 20 years of experience in leading and managing global biotechnology companies, and working with a number of public, late-stage oncology companies.
Biopharma companies name new members of their leadership teams. Who made big moves this week?
Gail Maderis, currently president and chief executive officer of South San Francisco-based Antiva Biosciences, has a rock-solid resume.
Cabaletta Bio launched out of the University of Pennsylvania with an exclusive license deal and two multi-year sponsored research agreements. The fledgling biotech company will work on engineered T cell products for B cell-mediated autoimmune disease.
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