Buzzy anti-aging biotech Calico recruits Amgen vet for a top research post
Arthur Levinson has recruited an Amgen vet as Calico’s new head of development for everything in preclinical through Phase II development at Google’s buzzy anti-aging biotech.
Aarif Khakoo, who most recently headed a team of 100 investigators doing the translational work at Amgen, is headed over to Calico, which has its base in South San Francisco. His earlier work left him in charge of everything from first-in-human to proof-of-concept studies for cardiometabolic, inflammation, neuroscience and oncology, as well as clinical biomarkers, in vitro diagnostics, and digital health.
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