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Blueprint Medicines Announces R&D Leadership Transitions


Blueprint Medicines Announces R&D Leadership Transitions
Becker Hewes, M.D., promoted to Chief Medical Officer
Andy Boral, M.D., Ph.D., to transition from Chief Medical Officer to Executive Vice President, Clinical Development
Marion Dorsch, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, to depart the company
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Blueprint Medicines Corporation (NASDAQ: BPMC) today announced leadership transitions for the company s research and development organization. Effective as of January 11, 2021, Becker Hewes, M.D., currently Senior Vice President, Clinical Development, will succeed Andy Boral, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Medical Officer, and Dr. Boral will transition to a new role as Executive Vice President, Clinical Development. With his promotion, Dr. Hewes will be responsible for clinical development, clinical operations, pharmacovigilance, translational medicine and bi ....

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Clinical Challenges: ALK-Positive NSCLC


EML4), producing a unique ALK protein that promotes unchecked, abnormal cell growth.
We see it in about 4-5% of our non-small cell lung cancer patients, so it s a small slice of that pie, Shaw told
Medpage Today. But there are so many non-small lung cell cancer patients out there that even 4-5% is still a large absolute number of patients. And that s not just in the U.S., but worldwide.
The development of targeted therapies for
ALK-positive NSCLC over the past dozen years has had a significant impact on the natural history of the disease. According to Shaw, in the absence of the ALK targeted therapies, ....

United States , Alice Shaw , Jose Pacheco , Novartis Institutes For Biomedical Research , University Of Colorado School Medicine , Translational Clinical Oncology , Novartis Institutes , Biomedical Research , Thoracic Cancers , Massachusetts General Hospital , Colorado School , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , ஆலிஸ் ஷா , ஜோசே ப்யாயேகோ , நோவர்த்திச் நிறுவனங்கள் க்கு உயிர் மருத்துவ ஆராய்ச்சி , பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் கொலராடோ பள்ளி மருந்து , மொழிபெயர்ப்பு மருத்துவ புற்றுநோயியல் , நோவர்த்திச் நிறுவனங்கள் , உயிர் மருத்துவ ஆராய்ச்சி , தொராசி புற்றுநோய்கள் , மாசசூசெட்ஸ் ஜநரல் மருத்துவமனை , கொலராடோ பள்ளி ,