Batu Biologics names new chair
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Batu Biologics, a San Diego biotechnology company developing cancer angiogenesis-targeting immunotherapeutic product ValloVax, has named Dr Alan Lewis as chair of its board of directors. Dr Lewis has previously been vice-president of research at Wyeth-Ayerst, and CEO at Signal Pharmaceuticals, Novocell, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Most recently he was CEO of Medistem, where he worked with Batu Biologics co-founder Dr Thomas Ichim.