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Geron Corporation Announces Appointment of Gaurav Aggarwal, M.D., to its Board of Directors
FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment of
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[{"type":"text","content":" FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nGeron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment of Gaurav Aggarwal, M.D., to the Company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Aggarwal has been a prominent investor in the life sciences sector for more than two decades and has a history of expertise in financial and corporate strategy, as well as business development, in companies with which he has been affiliated at both an operational and board level.\n\n\n“Gaurav brings extensive strategic leadership to Geron, and we believe his demonstrated track record in both corporate strategy and capital formation will add tremendous value as we look forward to a potential commercial launch in 2024,” said Dr. John Scarlett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.\n\n\n“Geron’s tremendous science, expertise, clinical results and readiness to bring their first-in-class investigational telomerase inhibitor to the market have made this a very exciting time to join the Board,” said Dr. Aggarwal. “I look forward to partnering with my fellow Board members and Geron’s leadership team to work to maximize the value of the Company and support its mission to enhance the lives of patients with hematologic malignancies.”\n\n\nDr. Aggarwal most recently served as Managing Director of Vivo Capital LLC, a global investment firm from 2016 to 2023, and Chief Investment Officer of its US public investment fund, from 2021 to 2023. Previously, he served as the Chief Business Officer of Ocera Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded clinical-stage company developing therapies for orphan liver conditions, from April 2014 through October 2016; as Managing Director of Investor Growth Capital from January 2013 through December 2013; and as a General Partner at Panorama Capital, L.P., a venture capital fund, from August 2006 through December 2012. Earlier in his career, Dr. Aggarwal was an associate with JPMorgan Partners, LLC, a private equity division of JPMorgan Chase & Co.\n\n\nDr. Aggarwal has served on the board of directors of Unicycive Therapeutics Inc. since March 2023, and previously served on the boards of directors of Sierra Oncology, Inc. (acquired by GlaxoSmithKline plc), Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. (acquired by Horizon Pharma plc), and on several privately held biopharmaceutical companies. Dr. Aggarwal receive...