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ArsenalBio bolsters team via hirings of Sirichoke, Schroer; plus Moderna, Jubilant and Synlogic

March 8, 2021 11:22 PM UTC
Updated on Mar 9, 2021 at 8:42 PM UTC

Cell therapy company Arsenal Biosciences Inc. hired Tim Sirichoke as chief technical operations officer and John Schroer as CFO. Most recently Sirichoke was VP of individualized neo-antigen specific therapies manufacturing at Genentech Inc.; he also was VP of manufacturing at Kite Pharma and site quality head at Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS; SIX:NOVN). Schroer previously was CFO at Translate Bio Inc. (NASDAQ:TBIO) and managing director and healthcare sector head at Allianz Global Investors. ArsenalBio launched in 2019 with $85 million in a series A round to combine the technologies of its six Parker Institute co-founders into a suite of tools the company thinks could overcome hurdles to cell therapy for solid tumors. 

Moderna Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA) hired Shannon Thyme Klinger as chief legal officer, effective June 1. Klinger previously served as chief legal officer at Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS; SIX:NOVN). She succeeds General Counsel Lori Henderson, who is retiring. ...