Spark re­cruits gene ther­a­py ex­pert Min­gozzi as new CSO; Fu­sion brings ven­ture round to $46M; Chi­na OKs Gilead’s So­val­di for hep C

⇨ Spark Ther­a­peu­tics $ONCE has re­cruit­ed Fed­eri­co Min­gozzi, a not­ed gene ther­a­py ex­pert at IN­SERM and Genethon in France, as chief sci­en­tif­ic of­fi­cer. Min­gozzi picked up his PhD at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Fer­rara, Italy and an MBA from Drex­el Uni­ver­si­ty in Philadel­phia.

⇨ The for­mer SVP for di­a­betes mar­ket­ing at No­vo Nordisk has been poached by Bio­gen to take the same lead on their Alzheimer’s fran­chise. Camille Lee will be in charge of mar­ket­ing strat­e­gy on Alzheimer’s, pro­vid­ed Bio­gen gets any through the reg­u­la­to­ry ap­proval process. She re­ports now to Al San­drock.

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