{"id":1074,"date":"2022-04-12T14:18:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lykan.dsstaging2.com\/?post_type=team&p=1074"},"modified":"2022-05-13T14:39:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:39:18","slug":"kenneth-leclair-lykan","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/ms.ragersoul.com\/lykan\/team\/kenneth-leclair-lykan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth LeClair"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/a>
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Kenneth brings more than 40 years of academic and industry experience to Lykan Bioscience.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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As CTO, Ken is responsible for building and managing the Process Development and Manufacturing, Science & Technology teams, developing innovative technologies to keep Lykan at forefront of cell therapy manufacturing, assisting business development to identify and recruit high-quality external partners, and implementing the successful transfer and execution of all cell therapy manufacturing projects at Lykan.<\/p>\n

Prior to Lykan, Ken was VP of\u00a0 Technical Development and Manufacturing at TScan Therapeutics and Editas Medicine. Previously, he spent eight years at Novartis transitioning biologic candidates from research into clinical development.\u00a0 Ken was also responsible for the early technical diligence and supply chain development for the CAR-T product, Kymriah\u00ae.\u00a0 Kymriah, which has had a dramatic impact on saving lives was jointly developed with the University of Pennsylvania and was the first CAR-T product approved by the FDA.<\/p>\n

Ken is from the Boston area and received his Biology A.B. from Bowdoin College, a Ph.D. in Immunobiology from Yale University, then did a post doc at the MIT Center for Cancer Research. Ken was Assistant Professor of\u00a0 Tumor Immunology at Harvard Medical School, then joined a series of small local biotechnology companies doing molecular biology, immunology, and vaccine development projects.<\/p>\n

What inspires Ken is the opportunity to apply recent progress in the gene and cell therapy fields and help Lykan enable its chosen partners to bring these incredible new therapies to clinic and to market to benefit patients and families.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<\/a>\r\n

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