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Instil Bio Announces Appointment of Tim Moore as Chief Operating Officer
DALLAS, Sept. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Instil Bio, Inc. (“Instil”) (NASDAQ: TIL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing tumor
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[{"type":"text","content":"DALLAS, Sept. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Instil Bio, Inc. (“Instil”) (NASDAQ: TIL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing tumor infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL, therapies for the treatment of patients with cancer, today announced the appointment of Tim Moore to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Tim Moore has more than three decades of leadership experience in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and operations, including at Genentech, Kite and most recently PACT Pharma. From 2016 to 2019, Mr. Moore was Executive Vice President, Technical Operations at Kite Pharma, where he was responsible for technical operations and successfully launched Yescarta®, one of the first FDA-approved CAR-T cell therapies. Prior to Instil, Mr. Moore was the President and Chief Operating Officer of PACT Pharma, a cell therapy company focusing on neo-antigen directed TCR-T cell therapy. “We are pleased to add another seasoned biotech veteran with deep cell therapy manufacturing and development experience to our executive leadership team,” said Bronson Crouch, CEO of Instil Bio. “Tim’s prior leadership in successfully developing and launching Yescarta® adds to our executive team’s already significant expertise in cell therapy.” “Instil Bio has built an industry-leading team of cell therapy experts whom I am honored and excited to lead in my role as Chief Operating Officer,” said Tim Moore, Chief Operating Officer of Instil Bio. “With a compelling pipeline of potential therapies, extensive cell therapy experience, and our operational and manufacturing infrastructure, we believe we have a unique opportunity to be the leaders in solid tumor cell therapy.” Tim Moore Biography Prior to joining Instil Bio, Mr. Moore served as the President and Chief Operating Officer at PACT Pharma since April of 2020, and as the company’s President and Chief Technology Officer since October of 2019. Before joining PACT, he served as Executive Vice President, Technical Operations at Kite, a Gilead Company, since March of 2016. During this time Mr. Moore was responsible for overseeing the process development, manufacturing, quality and supply chain for the launch of Yescarta®, one of the first CAR T therapies to be developed, manufactured and commercialized, as well as advancement of the Kite pipeline. In addition, Mr. Moore globally expanded the biop...