Scoop: No­var­tis dis­bands its pi­o­neer­ing cell and gene ther­a­py unit

No­var­tis is dis­solv­ing its high-pro­file cell and gene ther­a­py unit op­er­at­ing un­der the guid­ing hand of Us­man “Oz” Azam, End­points has learned.

Azam has is­sued a note to the 400 staffers in the group, which was ob­tained by End­points, that says:

“The risk of em­bark­ing on a new ad­ven­ture in un­chart­ed ter­ri­to­ry is that things don’t al­ways work out as en­vi­sioned. To­day, I have the un­for­tu­nate task of an­nounc­ing that we are dis­solv­ing the Cell and Gene Ther­a­pies Unit.”

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