Date: 2017-05-09
Type of information: Nomination
Compound: chief business officer
Company: Tmunity Therapeutics (USA - PA)
Therapeutic area: Cancer - Oncology - Autoimmune diseases - Infectious diseases
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- • On May 9, 2017, Tmunity Therapeutics announced the appointment of Michael Christiano to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer. In this role, Mr. Christiano will be responsible for expanding key strategic and financial partnerships and collaborations, as well as pursuing both in- and out-licensing opportunities, to support the rapid development of novel T cell therapies by Tmunity.
- Mr. Christiano has nearly 20 years of corporate development and transactional experience in the life sciences industry, contributing to company-building efforts in both start-up biotechnology and large pharmaceutical companies. During this period, he led the design and negotiation of transformative license and collaboration agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and early-stage equity investments in promising start-up companies. Most recently, Mr. Christiano was Vice President and Head of Transactions in Global Business Development and Licensing (BD&L) at Novartis AG. Joining Novartis in 2010, he also held the Head of Transactions role for Novartis' Cell & Gene Therapies Unit and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. While at Novartis, Mr. Christiano played an instrumental role in establishing many strategically important and innovative transactions across Novartis' cell and gene portfolio, including alliances with the University of Pennsylvania (CAR-T) and Intellia Therapeutics (CRISPR). His transactions leadership was recognized through Novartis’ President’s, Innovation and Team awards. Prior to Novartis, he held a series of increasingly senior BD&L positions at Millennium Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Takeda); AVEO Oncology, from its start-up to IPO; and as co-founder of Karyopharm Therapeutics. Mr. Christiano is a graduate of Virginia Tech and Cornell University.
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