Flagship adds White House veteran Panjabi
Plus: Biogen alum Radhakrishnan joins Sofinnova Investments, and updates from Bicycle, iTeos, Fennec, Faron and ORIC
Flagship Pioneering hired Raj Panjabi to lead its preemptive health and medicine initiative as senior partner. Panjabi was White House senior director and President Joe Biden’s top pandemic and health official at the National Security Council. He led several health security initiatives including the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the White House’s 2022 National Biodefense Strategy and American Pandemic Preparedness Plan, the 2022 U.S. Global Health Security Act, and the President’s 2022 Executive Order to Advance Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation.
Sofinnova Investments named Maha Radhakrishnan executive partner. Radhakrishnan was CMO of Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB), and SVP and global head of medical, primary care business unit at Sanofi (Euronext:SAN; NASDAQ:SNY)...