- Dr. Soon-Shiong’s priority will be to continue to align scientific and medical goals that are focused on the delivery of cutting-edge therapeutics for patients.
- The role connects Dr. Soon-Shiong’s long-time expertise, track record and innovative thinking as a clinician scientist directly with the company’s talented research/discovery, clinical development, and medical teams.
- The new position is in addition to Dr. Soon-Shiong’s existing role as the company’s Executive Chairman of the Board.
CULVER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ImmunityBio a clinical-stage immunotherapy company, appointed Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D., to the newly created role of Global Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, effective as of August 11, 2021. In this additional role, Dr. Soon-Shiong will oversee the company’s global research and development programs and pipeline investments in support of its ambitious growth plans, which include bringing advanced technology to a broad global marketplace.
“As both the founder of ImmunityBio and a visionary biotech innovator, Patrick’s expertise has always been an invaluable asset to the organization,” said Richard Adcock, President and CEO of ImmunityBio. “We are grateful for his leadership and commitment to drive the scientific agenda of our business forward. His unwavering focus on advancing potential breakthrough therapies for cancer and infectious disease has already improved the quality of life for thousands of patients.”
“My entire life’s work has been to discover and bring to market better treatments for cancer and other difficult-to-treat diseases, and thanks to incredible innovations over the last few years, we’re closer than ever to that goal,” said Dr. Soon-Shiong. “Our growing knowledge of the immune system will serve as the foundation for the research priorities we’re setting at ImmunityBio. These priorities will guide our ongoing quest for life-saving and life-extending therapeutics, including a commitment to ensure they are available to people in underserved nations in Africa and elsewhere. That’s my goal and the goal of everyone on our highly experienced research, clinical development, and medical teams.”
About ImmunityBio
ImmunityBio is a leading late-clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing next-generation therapies that drive immunogenic mechanisms for defeating cancers and infectious diseases. The company’s immunotherapy platform activates both the innate (natural killer cell and macrophage) and adaptive (T cell) immune systems to create long-term “immunological memory.”
ImmunityBio has a comprehensive immunotherapy pipeline with more than 40 clinical trials (company sponsored or investigator initiated)—of which 25 are at Phase II and III stages of development—across 19 indications in solid and liquid cancers and infectious diseases. Currently 17 first-in-human immunotherapy agents are in clinical testing and, to date, over 1,800 patients have been studied with our antibody cytokine fusion proteins, albumin chemo immunomodulators, Adeno and yeast vaccines and our off-the-shelf natural killer cell products. Anktiva (ImmunityBio’s lead cytokine infusion protein) is a novel interleukin-15 superagonist complex and has received Breakthrough Therapy and Fast Track Designations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for BCG-unresponsive CIS non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
The company’s platforms are based on the foundation of four separate modalities: Antibody cytokine fusion proteins, synthetic immunomodulators, second-generation human adenovirus and yeast vaccine technologies, and state-of-the-art, off-the-shelf natural killer cells, including autologous and allogenic cytokine-enhanced memory NK cells. ImmunityBio is currently developing a dual construct COVID-19 vaccine candidate using its hAd5 platform.
ImmunityBio is a leading producer of cryopreserved and clinical dose forms of off-the-shelf natural killer cell therapies. The company has established GMP manufacturing capacity at scale with cutting-edge cell manufacturing expertise and ready-to-scale facilities, as well as extensive and seasoned R&D, clinical trial, and regulatory operations and development teams. For more information, please visit: www.immunitybio.com
