Former Immunocore and GSK researcher named Zelluna CSO

13 August 2018

Namir Hassan has been named chief scientific officer of Zelluna Immunotherapy, a privately-held Norwegian biotech specializing in T-cell receptor (TCR) immunotherapies.

Dr Hassan joins from UK-based Immunocore, where he was praised for building and growing the biology, preclinical and biomarker units targeting oncology, and oversaw early development and the first-in-human trial of a TCR based biologic targeting a melanoma antigen, gp100. He has also worked at pharma major GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK) and at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.

"I joined Zelluna because I believe these TCRs provide opportunities for driving differentiated therapeutic benefits in patients fighting solid cancers"

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