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- Toft Group Executive Search Places Ellen Lubman on Board of Advisors at TMRW Life Sciences, Inc. in New York, NY09/12/2019 - 11:06 AM
- Toft Group Executive Search Places Chris Cournoyer on Board of Directors for CareDx, Inc. in Brisbane, CA08/27/2019 - 10:12 AM
- Toft Group Executive Search Places Lori Batta as Chief Commercial Officer at TMRW Life Sciences, Inc. in New York, NY08/19/2019 - 10:00 AM
Toft Group Executive Search Places Peg Taylor as Vice President, Clinical Operations at Adicet Bio, Inc. in Menlo Park, CA
/in Press Releases /by ToftgroupToft Group Executive Search, a global life sciences and healthcare executive recruiting firm, has successfully placed Peg Taylor as Vice President, Clinical Operations at Adicet Bio, Inc. in Menlo Park, CA.
Peg Taylor most recently served as Senior Director, Clinical Operations at Nektar Therapeutics. Previously, she served in progressive clinical roles at Genentech, most recently as Program Group Director. There, she led the program execution of all Clinical Operations for a portfolio of molecules in early development.
Prior to Genentech, Taylor was Senior Director at Bayhill Therapeutics where she led clinical operations for a virtual biotech company focused on autoimmune disease assets. Earlier, she served as Oncology Clinical Program Director for Quintiles (now IQVIA), where she supported various studies focused on tumors including NSCLC, Glioblastoma, GI Stromal Tumors and MBC.
Taylor holds a B.S. in Nutrition Science from University of California, Davis.
About Adicet Bio, Inc.
Adicet Bio, Inc. is a privately held, pre-clinical stage biotechnology company engaged in the design and development of cutting-edge immunotherapies with initial focus on cancer. Adicet is developing novel universal immune cell therapies based on gamma delta T cells engineered with Chimeric Antigen Receptors or T Cell Receptors (TCRs). Adicet is also focused on identifying and validating cancer specific targets directed to the intracellular proteome and generating TCR-like MAbs (TCRLs) directed to these cancer-specific peptide targets presented by MHC Class I complexes. In August 2016, Adicet entered a strategic collaboration with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop next-generation engineered immune-cell therapeutics using Adicet’s gamma delta T cell allogeneic platform technology.
About Toft Group Executive Search
Toft Group is a global executive search firm fully devoted to life sciences and healthcare, with a focus on innovation-driven companies working at the intersection of biotech and high tech. The team’s extensive relationship network and diversity focus enables Toft Group to present more highly qualified and diverse candidates than clients would otherwise meet. Toft Group excels at quickly filling the hardest to hire leadership roles where talent is limited. The company has offices in the three major U.S. biotech hubs: San Francisco, San Diego and Boston.
Toft Group Executive Search Successfully Places Jessica M. Riley, Ph.D. as Vice President of Companion Diagnostics at PathAI in Boston, MA
/in Press Releases /by ToftgroupToft Group Executive Search, a global life sciences and healthcare executive recruiting firm, has successfully placed Jessica M. Riley, Ph.D. as Vice President of Companion Diagnostics at PathAI in Boston, MA.
Dr. Jessica Riley served as Senior Director, Business Development at Guardant Health where she led business collaborations with Pharmaceutical companies for the development and commercialization of Next Generation Sequencing Liquid Biopsy products, as well as Companion Diagnostic programs. She joined Guardant from Leica Biosystems where she served as Senior Director, Business Development, Pharma Partnerships. Previously, Dr. Riley held progressive roles with Qiagen, most recently as Director of Assay Development.
Dr. Riley’s career began at St. James’s University Hospital as a Clinical Genetics Scientist. She holds a Ph.D. in Bio-production & Characterization of Self-Assembling Peptides from the University of Leeds, UK, and a B.S in Molecular & Cellular Biology from the University of Huddersfield, UK.
About PathAI
PathAI is a leading provider of AI-powered research tools and services for pathology. PathAI’s platform promises substantial improvements to the accuracy of diagnosis and the efficacy of treatment of diseases like cancer, leveraging modern approaches in machine and deep learning. Based in Boston, PathAI works with leading life sciences companies and researchers to advance precision medicine.
About Toft Group Executive Search
Toft Group is a global executive search firm fully devoted to life sciences and healthcare, with a focus on innovation-driven companies working at the intersection of biotech and high tech. The team’s extensive relationship network and diversity focus enables Toft Group to present more highly qualified and diverse candidates than clients would otherwise meet. Toft Group excels at quickly filling the hardest to hire leadership roles where talent is limited. The company has offices in the three major U.S. biotech hubs: San Francisco, San Diego and Boston.
Toft Group Executive Search Successfully Places Jon Buncab as Vice President Market Access at Millennium Health in San Diego, CA
/in Press Releases /by ToftgroupToft Group Executive Search, a global life sciences and healthcare executive recruiting firm, has successfully placed Jon Buncab as Vice President Market Access at Millennium Health in San Diego, CA.
Jon Buncab has served as Senior Director of Market Access and Reimbursement Strategy at Genoptix where he was responsible for payer, health system and laboratory support of their oncology portfolio, implementing strategic expertise regarding market access and reimbursement. Notably, he contributed to the successful launch of the MRDx® BCR-ABL Test, the first companion diagnostic promoted by Genoptix.
Previously, Buncab was Executive Director, Head of Payer Strategy, Reimbursement and Client Operations at Prometheus Laboratories. There, he led market access field teams in therapeutic and diagnostic payer, health system, hospital and laboratory strategy for both gastroenterology and oncology product portfolios and client operations. He also served as Director of Managed Care West for CardioDx, establishing diagnostic medical policy and managed care contracts for Corus CAD® in the West Region. Before that, he was the National Director, Managed Markets/Sales for Exagen Diagnostics, where he led field sales for this rheumatology specialty company focused on unmet needs.
About Millennium Health
Millennium Health is an accredited specialty laboratory with over a decade of experience delivering timely, accurate, clinically actionable information through our nationwide medication monitoring and drug testing services. Drug testing is used by substance use disorder and pain management providers to obtain objective information about patients’ recent use of prescription medications and/or illicit drugs and helps monitor the effectiveness of treatment plans.
About Toft Group Executive Search
Toft Group is a global executive search firm fully devoted to life sciences and healthcare, with a focus on innovation-driven companies working at the intersection of biotech and high tech. The team’s extensive relationship network and diversity focus enables Toft Group to present more highly qualified and diverse candidates than clients would otherwise meet. Toft Group excels at quickly filling the hardest to hire leadership roles where talent is limited. The company has offices in the three major U.S. biotech hubs: San Francisco, San Diego and Boston.