George scangos biography
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George Scangos
American pharmaceutical executive
George A. Scangos was a pharmaceutical executive and former chief executive officer of Vir Biotechnology from 2017 to 2023.
George scangos biography
Scangos was previously the chief executive officer of Biogen from 2010 to 2016 and of Exelixis from 1996 to 2010.[1][2] Prior to joining industry, Scangos was a professor of biology at Johns Hopkins University.[3][4]
Education
He has a BA in biology from Cornell University in 1991.
He worked briefly as a lab technician at MIT and then became a sales rep for a lab supply company. Trying to get into a graduate school, he drove out to University of Massachusetts and despite never taking a microbiology course, ended up with a PhD in microbiology from the University of Massachusetts with Albey Reiner in 1977.[5] He then did his postdoctoral fellowship with Frank Ruddle at Yale University where they created the first transgenic mouse.[6]
Career
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