STRASBOURG, France– Transgene (Euronext Paris: TNG) (Paris:TNG), a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapeutics against cancer, announced today that it has appointed Steven Bloom as Vice President, Chief Business Officer with immediate effect. Steven will join Transgene’s executive committee to lead global business development strategy, alliance management and program management of the Company, with a focus on building a strong visibility in the US as part of establishing Transgene as a leader in virus-based immunotherapies worldwide.
“We welcome Steven to the Transgene management team and are delighted to appoint a professional of his caliber to lead our global business development activities,” said Hedi Ben Brahim CEO of Transgene. “We are in a strong position for him to leverage the powerful pipeline of multi-armed oncolytic virus therapies and individualized vaccines that we have built using our proprietary technology platforms Invir.IO™ and myvac® respectively. His skills will be invaluable to support our partnering goals and to reinforce Transgene’s position as a leading innovator in the immuno-oncology space.”
“I am pleased to join Transgene’s team. The Company has reached important milestones these last few months and has established itself as a key player in the space of virus-based immunotherapies against cancer. I’m looking forward to working with the rest of the team and manage potential business deals and partnerships to take Transgene’s pipeline to the next level,” added Steven Bloom.
Mr. Bloom has extensive experience in pharma and biotech licensing, collaborations, M&A, commercial planning and corporate strategy. He has held senior leadership roles in both large multi-national corporations and biotech companies and has closed major biotech deals in the field of oncology. In particular, he led the Verastem Oncology deal team that acquired duvelisib from Infinity Pharma in November 2016.
Prior to joining Transgene, Mr. Bloom was Senior Vice President at Boston Pharmaceuticals and before that he was Chief Business Officer at Vavotar Life Sciences (formerly known as NantiBodyFc). In his role at Vavotar, Steven Bloom served as a member of the executive leadership team with a specific focus on corporate strategy, business development, and KOL development; he co-led an oncology Antibody Drug Conjugate platform sale and team integration to Sorrento in November 2020. Mr Bloom held similar roles at Verastem Oncology and Ziopharm Oncology. Earlier in his career he served 18 years at Eli Lilly in key positions in Sales/Marketing and Corporate Affairs in several US locations.
