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Precision BioSciences Appoints Stanley R. Frankel, M.D. to Board of Directors
DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Precision BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTIL), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing allogeneic CAR T and in vivo
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[{"type":"text","content":" DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nPrecision BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTIL), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing allogeneic CAR T and in vivo gene correction therapies with its ARCUS® genome editing platform, today announced that Stanley R. Frankel, M.D. has been appointed as a Director on the Company’s Board of Directors and a member of the Board’s Science and Technology (S&T) Committee. Dr. Frankel is a hematologist-oncologist with extensive academic and industry experience in the research, clinical development, and commercialization of immuno-oncology and cellular therapies. He has led clinical development programs for multiple FDA-approved drugs to treat hematologic malignancies including acute lymphoblastic leukemia, multiple myeloma, and lymphoma.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210412005485/en/Stanley R. Frankel, M.D. (Photo: Business Wire)\n“We are very pleased to welcome Stan to our Board of Directors and our S&T Committee,” said Kevin Buehler, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Precision BioSciences. “He has the full breadth of both academic and industry drug development experience, encompassing clinical development, regulatory expertise, CMC and quality impact as well as commercialization. Stan has helped to guide the most recently approved cellular therapies, and his experience will be critical to the next stage of drug development at Precision, helping us achieve our goal of taking our early success in the clinic through regulatory approval and commercial roll out.”\n\nDr. Frankel was most recently the Senior Vice President, Cellular Therapy Development at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) where he was responsible for late development portfolio of cellular therapy assets including Breyanzi® (lisocabtagene maraleucel) and Abecma® (idecabtagene vicleucel). While at BMS, he sat on multiple leadership teams and committees, including the Global Drug Development Leadership Team and the Cell Therapy Commercial Steering Committee. Prior to the BMS acquisition of Celgene, he was Corporate Vice President, Head, Immuno-Oncology & Cellular Therapy, Clinical Research and Development Head, Cell Therapy Clinical Center of Excellence at Celgene. While at Celgene he co-chaired the Hematology-Oncology Development Committee and served on the Hemat...