SOMERSET, N.J., Nov. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Legend Biotech Corporation (NASDAQ: LEGN) (Legend Biotech), a global leader in cell therapy, today announced the appointment of Alan Bash as the Company’s President of CARVYKTI^®. In this newly created role, Mr. Bash will be responsible for managing the continued growth of CARVYKTI^®, overseeing Legend Biotech’s commercial, technical operations, and quality functions of the franchise.

“This expansion in our leadership structure is on the heels of CARVYKTI^’s recent successes, including recent approvals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and European Commission for label expansion,” said Ying Huang, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Legend Biotech. “Legend Biotech welcomes Alan and is confident that his wealth of operational knowledge in oncology will help further strengthen the Company’s leadership role in the treatment of multiple myeloma.”

Mr. Bash served as Chief Executive Officer for two oncology-focused biotech companies, most recently at ZielBio, and before that, as President and CEO at Checkmate Pharmaceuticals. He also had a 23-year career with Bristol Myers Squibb, where he held various leadership positions across all major therapeutic areas—including oncology—driving the U.S. launch of Opdivo^® and the expansion of additional cancer treatments such as Yervoy^® and Erbitux ^®. Mr. Bash contributed to several blockbuster products in collaboration with other companies, including Abilify^® with Otsuka and Eliquis^® with Pfizer.

“As the fastest launched CAR-T product on the market, CARVYKTI has already produced impressive momentum,” said Mr. Bash. “I am excited about the opportunity to support the continued success of the CARVYKTI franchise and work with the Legend Biotech team and our collaboration partner, Johnson & Johnson, to fulfill CARVYKTI’s potential to transform the treatment paradigm for multiple myeloma.”

Mr. Bash earned his B.A. from Georgetown University and his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

About Legend Biotech
Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, gamma-delta T cell and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. From our three R&D sites around the world, we apply these innovative technologies to pursue the discovery of cutting-edge therapeutics for patients worldwide.

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