Celyad VP On IP Issues, Development Timelines For CAR-T Therapies

Georges Rawadi, vice president of business development and intellectual property at Celyad, talks to Scrip on the sidelines of the recent BIO-Europe Spring partnering conference in Barcelona about the company's pipeline of CAR-T therapies and recently resolved patent disputes for its technology.

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Celyad's George Rawadi talks to Scrip

Georges Rawadi, vice president of business development and intellectual property at Celyad SA, discusses the company's chimeric antigen receptors T- cells (CAR-T) pipeline, recently resolved IP issues and the firm's strategy for future clinical development.

On the sidelines of the recent BIO-Europe Spring partnering meeting, held in Barcelona, Mar. 20-22, Rawadi talks about how Celyad's...

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