Marioni to lead computational effort at Genentech’s gRED
Plus new COO, CMO at I-Mab, updates from TwinStrand, Chimera, CyTek and more
John Marioni will join Genentech Inc. as SVP and head of computation for Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED) in summer. Marioni was senior scientist and head of research at the European Bioinformatics Institute of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Based in South San Francisco, he will establish a new “hub and spokes” model at the company, including a new Computational Research Hub that will span all areas of gRED.
Immuno-oncology play I-Mab Biopharma (NASDAQ:IMAB) hired Richard Yeh as COO and John Hayslip as CMO. Yeh, based in Shanghai, was CFO and head of strategic operations at Abbisko Therapeutics Co. Ltd. (HKEX:2256), and held leadership roles at CStone Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. (HKEX:2616), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. and Citigroup Capital Markets Asia. Hayslip joins from Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR), where he was VP of clinical development. ...