New Look Medigene Plots Immune-Oncology Future With New CEO
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Executive Summary
It has been two years since Medigene made its "transformative" acquisition of a small German company called Trianta Immunotherapies. Following a series of recent divestments, Medigene is now a fully immune-oncology focused biotech, and Trianta's former CEO Dolores Schendel – who has been Medigene's CSO since the acquisition - is about to take over from Frank Mathias as Medigene's CEO.
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