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Precigen Strengthens Focus on Strategic Partnerships and Names Gaurav Vij Head of Business Development
- Critical new role to advance and accelerate Precigen's growing cross-therapeutic clinical pipeline to maximize value - GERMANTOWN, Md., Oct. 20, 2020
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[{"type":"text","content":"- Critical new role to advance and accelerate Precigen's growing cross-therapeutic clinical pipeline to maximize value -\n\n\nGERMANTOWN, Md., Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Precigen, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGEN), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of innovative gene and cell therapies to improve the lives of patients, today named Gaurav Vij as the Company's head of business development. Mr. Vij will have responsibility for accelerating strategic business development activities across Precigen's platform and pipeline programs, including identifying and building new strategic partnerships to rapidly progress core assets. Mr. Vij will report to Precigen's President and CEO, Helen Sabzevari, PhD, and will join Precigen's leadership team. This position adds to the ongoing evolution of Precigen's leadership team and supports the Company's continued focus on healthcare and strategic partnering of our innovative preclinical and clinical portfolio.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nMr. Vij brings to Precigen more than 18 years of diverse industry experience, including more than 10 years focused exclusively in the biotech industry. His transaction experience includes early stage research collaborations, late stage clinical partnerships, and corporate mergers and acquisitions with both domestic and international companies. While his primary focus has been in the field of oncology, Mr. Vij has also been involved in transactions in additional therapeutic areas, including nephrology, autoimmune, metabolic, inflammation and ophthalmology.\nMr. Vij joins Precigen from Gilead Sciences where he led efforts to successfully close multiple oncology transactions of high impact and value to Gilead's pipeline. At Gilead, Mr. Vij recently led the acquisition of Forty Seven Inc. and successfully executed on a broad and strategic research collaboration with Tango Therapeutics. During his tenure with Gilead, Mr. Vij played an instrumental role in developing the oncology strategy and a diversified portfolio across all stages of development. Prior to Gilead, Mr. Vij worked in corporate development roles at Amgen and Shire Pharmaceuticals. At Amgen, Mr. Vij played a critical role in the acquisition of Onyx Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Vij earned an MBA from the University of Michigan and completed an MS from Wayne State University and a BS from the Punjab Eng...