Cell Medica turns to Kite exec as CEO steps down

1 August 2018
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Privately-owned UK biotech Cell Medica has named Chris Nowers (pictured above) its new chief executive after its founder and former leader Gregg Sando stepped down.

Cell Medica is focused on personalized cancer immunotherapies and it is in that field that Mr Nowers has been working with Kite Pharma, a US company that was acquired by biotech giant Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) last year.

"His experience in the commercialization of oncology programs is an excellent fit for the company’s ambitions"

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