RE: What's happened/happening!25 Jun 2025 23:11
Very small team at Hemo though, without him are they still compliant to be able to continue manufacturing for the trial?
Presumably there are requirements that have to be met, and a loss at that level may have to be reported to the licencing authorities, with the succession plan approved?
From my recollection:
Vlad discovered Huphec - the exclusive rights to which from Cornell were given up by Hemo in Feb 2025 - to save money?
It was Koen van Gesien's awareness, and benevolence that suggested he should look into using his CDX construct for AML, which lead to CAR-T.
Lilly scientists had to enhance CDX to reach a certain standard, but then it was announced in Sep 2024 that Hemo's scientists had created a better version of CDX (and I think it was Elina that was working on that, whilst others were focussing on CAR-T)
CBR only made significant advance after Michael Haugbro arrived at Hemo (I believe he must have made some significant contribution to its effectiveness as he was named in the patent application - not that long after joining HEMO, and he advanced rapdicly to senior scientist).
Finally, I think it is possible Michale may have been known to Vlad from earlier placements when Vlad was at Cornell; and how he was sourced.
Maybe he has outgrown Hemo, and needs a bigger challenge.
In any case, it's worrying that it has come to this.