Date: 2018-04-03
Type of information: Nomination
Compound: chief technology officer
Company: Tmunity Therapeutics (USA - PA)
Therapeutic area: Cancer - Oncology
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- • On April 3, 2018, Tmunity Therapeutics announced the appointment of Jason Krentz as Chief Technology Officer and Head of Technical Operations. Mr. Krentz formerly served in manufacturing and technical operations leadership roles at Endo Pharmaceuticals, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals and Tengion.
- In his management role at Tmunity, Mr. Krentz will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s manufacturing and technical operations including development and leadership of key functions, including manufacturing sciences, process and analytical development, cGMP manufacturing operations, quality control and assurance and facilities management. He will also work closely with the staff at the University of Pennsylvania and external partners to identify, evaluate, develop and implement manufacturing process improvements, process automation and analytical technologies to improve manufacturing robustness and reliability.
- Mr. Krentz joins Tmunity from Endo Pharmaceuticals where he was responsible for biologic and specialty implant manufacturing, supply chain and process development operations. Prior to Endo, he was Vice President of Technical Operations and Head of CMC Project Management at Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Endo), responsible for global manufacturing and supply chain, technical development and alliance management activities. Before joining Endo, Mr. Krentz was Head of Technical Operations at Tengion, a clinical stage developer of autologous regenerative medicine therapies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Krentz worked at Centocor/Johnson & Johnson where he held positions of increasing responsibility in process technical support roles and was head of upstream manufacturing operations at a large-scale mammalian cell culture facility.
- Mr. Krentz holds a Master of Business Administration degree from St. Joseph’s University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan.
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