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Toraishi steps down from Rakuten Medical as co-CEO
Plus: SalioGen hired Kalliopi Stasi as CMO and updates from PepGen, Cidara and Bio-Rad
August 20, 2024 11:48 PM UTC
Takashi “Tora” Toraishi has stepped down as president, co-CEO, and a director of Rakuten Medical Inc., leaving Hiroshi “Mickey” Mikitani as CEO and vice chairman. The company named Chief Commercial Officer Minami Maeda president. Rakuten added that it expects to initiate a global Phase III study of photoimmunotherapy ASP-1929 in combination with an anti-PD-1 to treat head and neck squamous cell cancer this half.
Genetic medicines play SalioGen Therapeutics Inc. hired Kalliopi “Kali” Stasi as CMO. Stasi was SVP of clinical development at Adverum Biotechnologies Inc. (NASDAQ:ADVM)...