PCVX - Vaxcyte Appoints Jacks Lee to Board of Directors | Benzinga
SAN CARLOS, Calif., Nov. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaxcyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCVX), a vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, today announced the appointment of Jacks Lee to its Board of Directors.
"We are pleased to welcome Jacks, an accomplished industry leader with extensive biopharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing, supply and operations expertise, to Vaxcyte's Board of Directors as we continue to realize our mission of developing vaccines to address serious bacterial illnesses," said Grant Pickering, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Vaxcyte. "Jacks will provide strategic insights across many aspects of our business, including commercialization, supply chain and manufacturing, as we advance our pipeline and work toward the potential global commercialization of our pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) candidates, VAX-24 and VAX-31."
"I am honored to join Vaxcyte's Board of Directors," said Mr. Lee. "I believe the Company has the potential to deliver a best-in-class PCV franchise and I look forward to sharing my knowledge about the global commercialization and supply of vaccines as the VAX-24 and VAX-31 clinical programs continue to progress."
About Mr. Lee
Mr. Lee's esteemed career in the biopharmaceutical industry includes more than 30 years of experience having led global strategic supply and manufacturing operations at leading multi-national pharmaceutical companies, with a significant focus on vaccines and biopharmaceuticals. His experience spans technical, operational and strategic leadership roles in engineering, quality, supply chain and manufacturing. Most recently, Mr. Lee was Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Supply at Merck & Co., Inc., with responsibility for the division that manufactures and supplies vaccines and biologics globally. Previously, during his nearly 20-year tenure at Sanofi, Mr. Lee held various leadership positions, including Head of Manufacturing Vaccines and ...