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Ex-Novartis John Tsai Takes The Reins At Cardiovascular-Focused Forcefield Therapeutics

Heart Attack Damage Prevented In Mouse Studies

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

The ex-chief medical officer at Novartis is now CEO at the UK-based biotech, which he he told Scrip could have a ‘transformational’ therapy to protect patients after a heart attack.

John Tsai
Formerly CMO at Novartis, Tsai fielded numerous offers before deciding to take on the dual Syncona and Forcefield Therapeutics role.

John Tsai, formerly chief medical officer at Novartis, has been appointed the new CEO at Forcefield Therapeutics, a biotech working on a recombinant protein-based therapy aimed at saving heart cells in patients following a heart attack.

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