BioTime Appoints Co-CEO
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Executive Summary
BioTime, Inc., a company focusing on pluripotent stem cell technology, has appointed Adi Mohanty Co-CEO to serve with Michael D. West. Since 2014, Mohanty has been BioTime's chief operating officer and will now lead the company's advanced clinical development programs and commercialization strategies. Before BioTime, Mohanty was at Shire Plc. for 11 years where he most recently was president, head of the regenerative medicine business and previously he was also head of Shire's global franchise portfolio of biologic products for rare diseases. Prior to this, Mohanty held various management positions at Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. (acquired by Shire) and general management, engineering and manufacturing positions at Baxter Bioscience (now Baxalta).
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