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Paul Stead Joins Adaptimmune as Vice President of Business DevelopmentPHILADELPHIA, Pa. and OXFORD, England, Jan. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq:ADAP), a leader in T-cell therapy to treat cancer, today announced that Paul Stead, B. Pharm, PhD, MBA, MR PharmS has joined the Company as Vice President of Business Development. "I am delighted to welcome Paul to Adaptimmune. Paul has a tremendous wealth of business development experience and joins Adaptimmune at a critical inflection point in the Company’s journey, as we are focused on data delivery from our wholly owned assets," said Helen Tayton-Martin, Adaptimmune’s Chief Business Officer. “To remain leaders in the TCR T-cell therapy field, we must evaluate a broad range of technology partnerships, and Paul’s extensive experience in business development and competitive intelligence will be a tremendous asset to us.” “I am thrilled to assume this challenging business development role, building upon my existing experience in pharmaceutical discovery and development,” said Paul. “This is a pivotal year for Adaptimmune, and I am eager to forge partnerships with other industry leaders as we bring TCR T-cell therapy closer to approval.” Paul joins Adaptimmune, most recently, from Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. developing DNA-based immunotherapies within oncology and infectious diseases. Prior to that, he was with Nimbus Therapeutics LLC where he played a key role in Gilead’s acquisition of Nimbus’s Comprised Acetyl CoA Carboxylase Inhibitors Program for treatment of NASH and related disorders.1 Paul is a scientist by background earning a BSc, then PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Bath and Nottingham Universities in the UK, respectively, after which he joined GlaxoSmithKline plc as a Senior Scientist in Chemistry BioProcess Development. He progressed from R&D in GSK’s Natural Product Chemistry Department to lead Compettive and Scientific Intelligence in the US. Subsequently, Paul worked up through technology licensing, and senior business development roles in GSK Worldwide Business Development Transactions and then specifically Platform Technology and Science Business Development. About Adaptimmune Forward-Looking Statements 1 NASH = nonalcoholic steatohepatitis Adaptimmune Contacts: Media Relations: Investor Relations: |