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Friday, March 26 2021 - 04:26
AsiaNet
Antengene Appoints Kevin Lynch as Chief Medical Officer
SHANGHAI, China and MELBOURNE, Australia, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-Asianet/ --

Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading 
innovative biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and 
commercializing global first-in-class and/or best-in-class therapeutics in 
hematology and oncology, today announced the appointment of Kevin Lynch, M.D. 
as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Antengene. In this position, Kevin will be 
responsible for the strategy, direction, and execution of the company's 
clinical development plans and will directly report to Dr. Jay Mei, Founder, 
Chairman and CEO of Antengene.

Kevin has almost 30 years of experience in R&D in the pharmaceutical industry. 
He has experience in multiple national, regional and global clinical roles, 
building organizations across Clinical Development and Medical Affairs 
previously at Novartis and Celgene. At Celgene, he was Vice President leading 
the European Clinical Development program before his most recent role in 
Asia-Pacific as Vice President and Head of Clinical Development and Medical 
Affairs. 

Kevin has led all phases of clinical development across numerous novel 
therapies to commercial launch and post-registration development. Moreover, he 
has been closely involved in the clinical development of multiple 
transformational cancer therapies, including Glivec(R), Tasigna(R), Zometa(R), 
Femara(R), Revlimid(R), Pomalyst(R), and Vidaza(R). 

"The foundation of Antengene is a remarkable story and a great tribute to Dr. 
Jay Mei and his colleagues for their endeavor and vision," said Kevin Lynch, "I 
am delighted to be able to work with Jay again, as well as a superb Antengene 
team, focused on diseases with clear unmet medical needs and a defined 
registration path. I am looking forward to exploring development opportunities 
in geographies where we have a presence, especially China, Australia and other 
Asian areas of R&D excellence and partnering with other pharma/biotech 
companies to build on each other's strengths." 

"So glad to witness the senior management team of Antengene is becoming 
stronger than ever," said Dr. Jay Mei, founder, chairman and CEO of Antengene. 
"Kevin has excellent professional skills and rich industry experience and I 
sincerely expect that he will make significant contributions to the clinical 
and corporate development of Antengene."

Kevin has published and presented widely in many leading journals and 
conferences, including Annals of Internal Medicine, Nature Reviews Cancer, 
British Journal of Cancer, Clinical Cancer Research, Journal of Clinical 
Oncology and Blood, and has co-authored more than 100 journal articles and 
conference abstracts.

About Antengene

Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK) is a leading 
clinical-stage Asia-Pacific biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative 
oncology medicines. Antengene aims to provide the most advanced anti-cancer 
drugs to patients in China, the Asia Pacific Region and around the world. Since 
its establishment, Antengene has built a pipeline of 12 clinical and 
pre-clinical stage assets and obtained 12 investigational new drug approvals in 
Asia Pacific. The vision of Antengene is to "Treat Patients Beyond Borders". 
Antengene aims to address significant unmet medical needs by discovering, 
developing and commercializing first-in-class/best-in-class therapeutics.

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Source: Antengene Corporation Limited

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