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Biom’up today announces Dr. Peter Byloos’ co-optation to its Board of Directors as an independent director.
Mission Therapeutics today announced the appointment of Dr Judit Molnar, MD, PhD to Senior Director of Translational Medicine with immediate effect.
Probiodrug AG today announced that Dr. Michael Schaeffer has been appointed to the position of Executive Vice President of Business and Strategy, effective August 2018.
Let’s take a look at who made a splash in the pharma and biotech world the past week.
CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna has set up shop in San Francisco’s Gladstone Institutes. Doudna, a UC Berkley professor credited with the co-discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technique, will focus on the development of new ways to implement the gene-editing technique for disease treatment.
As part of an earlier announced restructuring program, UK-based GlaxoSmithKline is laying off 650 staffers in the U.S. GlaxoSmithKline employees approximately 15,000 people in the U.S.
Hours after it was reported that Elizabeth Holmes was shutting down Theranos for good, the company’s website has gone dark.
Six months after launching with $60 million, Cambridge, Mass.-based Rheos Medicines has tapped Roche veteran Sanjay Keswani as the startup’s new chief executive officer.
One year after stepping down from her role as president and chief operating officer of Celgene, Jacqualyn (Jackie) Fouse has taken over the reins of Cambridge, Mass.-based Agios Pharmaceuticals.
Each year, Peter Drucker’s Drucker Institute generates its Management Top 250, evaluating companies based on what it calls five dimensions of corporate performance. Those five dimensions are Customer Satisfaction, Employee Engagement and Development, Innovation, Social Responsibility and Financial Strength.
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