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Management tracks: Founder Williams leaving Five Prime to focus on start-up Walking Fish; plus Rubius, Replimune, Invicro, Cerecin, SGI-DNA

December 27, 2019 8:57 PM UTC

Cancer company Five Prime Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:FPRX) said founder Lewis “Rusty” Williams will step down from the board to focus on his role as chairman and CEO of Walking Fish Therapeutics Inc., a cell therapy company he co-founded this year. Williams was CEO of Five Prime in 2011-17.

Rubius Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:RUBY) hired Christina Coughlin as CMO, effective Jan. 6. She succeeds Chris Carpenter, who will become a scientific adviser at the engineered red blood cell therapy company. Coughlin was CMO at Tmunity Therapeutics Inc. ...