Date: 2016-01-07
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Scancell (UK)
Therapeutic area: Cancer - Oncology
Type agreement: nomination
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Details: * On January 7, 2016, Scancell announced the appointment of John Chiplin as Non-Executive Chairman, succeeding current Chairman David Evans who has offered his resignation to the Board in line with his personal decision to reduce his number of Non-Executive Chairman roles. John Chiplin will take on this position with immediate effect. John Chiplin joined the Board of Scancell as a senior Non-Executive Director on 14 October 2015. John is based in the United States and his appointment as Chairman is in line with the Company’s strategy of increased focus in the US. As previously announced on 18 December 2015, the Company has formed its core US investigator team to lead a Phase 2 checkpoint inhibitor combination study with Scancell\'s lead cancer vaccine SCIB1. David Evans joined the Board of Scancell as Non-Executive Chairman in 2007. During his time at the Company, David has played a key role in building Scancell into a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel therapeutics that stimulate the immune system to treat or prevent cancer.
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