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Management tracks: Iovance, ViiV, Hercules, Pappas and more

July 19, 2019 11:54 PM UTC

Cancer immunotherapy company Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:IOVA) hired Friedrich Graf Finckenstein as CMO. He was global head of oncology translational medicine of the Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED) unit of Roche (SIX:ROG; OTCQX:RHHBY).

ViiV Healthcare Ltd. (Brentford, U.K.) said John Pottage is stepping down as SVP and chief scientific and medical officer. He will be succeeded by Kimberly Smith as head of R&D and Harmony Garges as CMO, effective Oct. 1. Smith was head of global research and medical strategy and Garges was head of global medical affairs. ViiV is an infectious disease-focused JV that includes GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE:GSK; NYSE:GSK), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) and Shionogi & Co. Ltd. (Tokyo:4507)...