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Genesis hires Shifeng Pan as CSO, names Paul Friedman chair

Plus: Gen1E names François Nader chairman, and updates from Iambic and Boundless

December 13, 2024 1:37 AM UTC

Genesis Therapeutics Inc. named Shifeng Pan CSO and Alla Ivanova SVP of engineering. Pan joined Genesis in April from Odyssey Therapeutics Inc.; Ivanova joined in November from Google. The company added that Paul Friedman, former CEO of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:MDGL) and Incyte Corp. (NASDAQ:INCY), became chairman in April. Genesis is using AI for small molecule discovery.

Rare and inflammatory diseases company Gen1E Lifesciences Inc. named François Nader chair. Nader is a senior adviser at Blackstone Life Sciences and was chairman of the board of BenevolentAI S.A. (Euronext:BAI) until May...