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Biden-Harris team picks coordinators for COVID-19 task force; plus moves at Taysha, Alligator and ImmunityBio

December 31, 2020 2:46 AM UTC

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris named coordinators for three key posts on the incoming administration’s COVID-19 response team to manage the supply chain, vaccinations, and testing. Tim Manning, former deputy administrator of FEMA, will be supply coordinator; Bechara Choucair, SVP and chief health officer for Kaiser Permanente, vaccinations coordinator; and Carole Johnson, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services, testing coordinator. The three were among nine new members of Biden and Harris’ COVID-19 response team.

Taysha Gene Therapies Inc. (NASDAQ:TSHA) hired Greg Gara as SVP of manufacturing and Kimberly Lee as SVP of corporate communications and investor relations. Gara was VP of pharmaceutical engineering at  Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT). Lee was head of corporate strategy and investor relations at  Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:LXRX)...