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Kyverna Therapeutics Appoints Mayo Pujols as Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Pujols brings more than 30 years of technical operations expertise to role, scaling commercial manufacturing for CAR T-cell therapies and complex biologics, as Kyverna advances towards launch of miv-celEMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: KYTX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing cell therapies for patients with autoimmune diseases, today announced the appointment of Mayo Pujols as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO), eff
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