Mon­cef Slaoui of­fers his 'deep re­gret' over sex­u­al ha­rass­ment charge — while get­ting the boot from biotech posts

At the end of a long day that start­ed with a bru­tal slap­down by Glax­o­SmithK­line CEO Em­ma Walm­s­ley over a case of sex­u­al ha­rass­ment, Mon­cef Slaoui has re­spond­ed with an ab­ject apol­o­gy to all in­volved, in­clud­ing the staffer who lev­eled charges against him as well as all his long­time col­leagues in the busi­ness.

As part of his apol­o­gy, Slaoui says that he’s step­ping away from all of his cur­rent po­si­tions in the in­dus­try. But af­ter GSK boot­ed him from the board chair­man’s role at Gal­vani, he was swift­ly fired from the chair­man’s role he held at Vax­cyte. And news fol­lowed soon af­ter that Slaoui al­so lost his role as CSO/ad­vi­sor of Centes­sa, the big new start­up out of Medicxi.

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