Former Astellas VP named COO at Avacta unit

29 March 2023

Karen Harrison (pictured above) has been named chief operating officer of the Therapeutics Division at Avacta (AIM: AVCT), a UK-based life sciences company developing targeted oncology drugs and diagnostics.

Ms Harrison’s role will be to support the research and development functions across the division, with her focus exclusively on creating maximum value for the group’s stakeholders.

"I’m delighted to join and support the company’s vision to revolutionize the treatability of solid tumors"Avacta is building a wholly-owned pipeline of Affimer immunotherapies and pre|CISION tumor-targeted chemotherapies. This approach is designed to address the lack of a durable response to current cancer immunotherapies experienced by most patients and reduce the severe systemic toxicities caused by chemotherapies.

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