Asia Executives On The Move: EdiGene, Teijin, Astellas

New round of funding allows EdiGene to hire a clinical development executive from Parexel, Teijin Pharma appoints a president, while Astellas has a new president of pharmaceutical technology.

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China gene-editing startup EdiGene has appointed Yun Li, MD, as vice president of clinical development. Li has more than 20 years' experience in clinical development of novel therapeutics, mainly focusing on oncology, hematology and immunology trials.

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