Clive Dix Appointed as Chairman of Crescendo Biologics
Crescendo Biologics announced the appointment of Clive Dix as Chairman. Dr Dix will work closely with Mike Romanos, Chief Scientific Officer of Crescendo, to drive the development of the Company and its proprietary antibody fragment technologies following the recent £4.5 million seed round fundraising.
Dr Dix has an exceptional track record established over more than 20 years in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology business. He is the Chairman of the BioIndustry Association, the trade association for innovative enterprises in the UK's bioscience sector, and was previously co-founder and Chief Executive of PowderMed Ltd, a vaccines development company acquired by Pfizer in November 2006. Prior to running PowderMed, Dr Dix was Senior Vice President, Research and Development and a Board member of PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc until its acquisition by Chiron Vaccines in 2003. Dr Dix began his career in industry at Ciba-Geigy and then GlaxoWellcome, where he left as UK Research Director in 2001. Dr Dix is non-Executive Chairman of Modern Biosciences plc and Auralis Ltd.
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