Date: 2015-09-09
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Adaptimmune (UK)
Therapeutic area: Cancer - Oncology
Type agreement: nomination
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Details: * On September 9, 2015, Adaptimmune announced that it has added three new members of management to support the Company\'s growth and augment its clinical development expertise. Trupti Trivedi has joined as Vice President, Head of Biometrics, with responsibility for quantitative and computational sciences including biostatistics, bioinformatics, epidemiology, data management and computational programming across all clinical development programs. Trupti Trivedi brings 20 years of US and UK experience including pharmaceutical and biotechnology Phase I though IV development, academia and management consulting. She has supported over 20 global regulatory filings and 10 product launches across a range of therapy areas. Ms. Trivedi spent 18 years with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in roles including Vice President, Business Strategy Leader, where she led R&D-wide initiatives to support investments and patient-centric development programs, as well as VP, Biometrics and VP, Medicines Development Leader. She also previously worked for the Mitchell Madison Group, Insite Vision Biotechnology and Syntex (Roche). Ms. Trivedi earned her Master of Science degree in biostatistics from Harvard University and currently serves as Adjunct Faculty for Drexel University and an academic advisor for Harvard Innovation Lab. Michael Blackton has joined as Vice President, Quality Assurance and CMC, with responsibility for the quality assurance function supporting chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) for Adaptimmune\'s clinical pipeline. Michael Blackton\'s career spans over 25 years in biotechnology, medical device and pharmaceuticals where he has held leadership positions in manufacturing, quality, operations, and engineering. Prior to joining Adaptimmune, he spent 11 years with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) and ImClone (acquired by Lilly in 2008) in roles of increasing responsibility, including Associate Vice President, Validation Technical Services, where he was responsible for qualification, cleaning validation, multi-product strategies, regulatory documentation, and technology transfer initiatives supporting a portfolio of products and approvals, including CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab). Prior to joining Lilly, Mr. Blackton served in various quality management roles at Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Inhale Therapeutics. He earned his Master of Business Administration degree from New York University. Joseph Apostolico has joined as Vice President and Global Director, Human Resources, with accountability for all human resources and recruiting initiatives across the global Adaptimmune business. The Company now has over 150 employees. Joe Apostolico brings substantial global healthcare and pharmaceutical human resources experience. He spent 28 years with GSK in roles of increasing responsibility, culminating in his tenure as Vice President, Human Resources, Pharmaceutical research and development where he led HR decision-making across GSK\'s global R&D organization. Among other initiatives, he established a global early talent program that included a future leadership program for biologists, chemists and physicians, and a fellowship program for clinicians. Immediately prior, he served GSK as Vice President, Human Resources, Medicines Discovery and Development. Mr. Apostolico has a Master of Management degree from Pennsylvania State University.
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