March 21 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc's head of
oncology research, Jose Baselga, has died at the age of 61, the
company said on Sunday.
"An outstanding scientific leader, José leaves a lasting
legacy in the scientific community and here at AstraZeneca," the
company's Chief Executive Officer Pascal Soriot said https://bit.ly/3lye6YU
in a statement.
The statement did not give a cause of death but Spanish
newspaper La Vanguardia said Baselga had died of
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare brain condition.
Baselga joined AstraZeneca in 2019. He previously worked as
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's chief medical officer.
He had also been chief of hematology/oncology at the
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and a professor at
Harvard Medical School.
(Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru
Editing by Frances Kerry)