Pharmaceutical industry veteran brings more than 20 years of business and technical operations experience across various commercial and development products
Pharmaceutical industry veteran brings more than 20 years of business and technical operations experience across various commercial and development products
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., May 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celularity Inc. (“Celularity”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company leading the next evolution in cellular medicine with the development of off-the-shelf allogeneic therapies derived from the postpartum human placenta, announced today the appointment of Bradley Glover, Ph.D., a global business and technical operations executive with more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. At Celularity, Dr. Glover will be responsible for leading all aspects of Celularity’s technical operations, including process development, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, IT, facilities and engineering, and strategy and business operations for commercial products and clinical pipeline programs.
Dr. Glover joins Celularity from Kite Pharma, where he has held several executive roles in Corporate Development and Technical Operations and was responsible for the strategic oversight and leadership of corporate strategy, corporate program and portfolio management, technical operations strategy, CMC program management and business operations. Prior to this position, he held multiple senior roles of increasing responsibility at Genentech and Roche, including positions in Alliance Management, Strategy, Finance and was the head of the business and supply chain operations at the Oceanside biologics facility.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Glover held a number of additional senior roles at a variety of companies, including Biosite, Amgen Ventures and Illumina.
“It is with great pleasure we welcome Dr. Glover to Celularity during this exciting time of growth at the company,” said Robert J. Hariri, M.D., Ph.D., founder, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of Celularity. “Building on our recent Fast Track designation for CYNK-001 for patients with recurrent multiforme glioblastoma, we believe Dr. Glover’s significant expertise in operational management and business strategy will help propel not only this program, but other clinical and preclinical cellular therapy programs currently in development at the company.”
Dr. Glover, commented, “I am very impressed with Celularity’s innovative approach to treating cancer, infectious disease and degenerative diseases through its proprietary, off-the-shelf allogeneic cellular therapies. I look forward to bringing my experience and passion to Celularity and to partnering with its incredibly talented employees who are delivering potentially life-changing therapies to patients in need.”
Dr. Glover earned his Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from the University of California San Diego (UCSD), his doctorate from the University of Colorado in biochemistry and molecular genetics and an MBA from the Rady School of Management at UCSD. He was also a Jane Coffin Childs Medical Research Fellow at the University of California Berkeley.
About Celularity
Celularity, headquartered in Florham Park, N.J., is a clinical stage biotechnology company leading the next evolution in cellular medicine by developing off-the-shelf placenta-derived allogeneic cell therapies, including genetically-modified NK cells, T cells engineered with a CAR (CAR T-cells), and mesenchymal-like adherent stromal cells (ASCs) targeting indications across cancer, infectious and degenerative diseases. Celularity believes that by harnessing the placenta’s unique biology and ready availability, it will be able to develop therapeutic solutions that address significant unmet global needs for effective, accessible, and affordable therapies.
In January 2021, Celularity entered into a definitive merger agreement with GX Acquisition Corp. to create a publicly listed leader in allogeneic cellular therapy. GX Acquisition Corp. is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “GXGX.” Upon closing of the business combination, expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2021, shares of the combined company will be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “CELU.”
About GX
GX is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. GX is led by Jay R. Bloom and Dean C. Kehler, who serve as Managing Partners of Trimaran Capital Partners.
To learn more, visit celularity.com.
Celularity Investor Contacts:
Carlos Ramirez
Celularity
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Solebury Trout
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Celularity Media Contact
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LifeSci Communications
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GX Contact
Caroline Luz
Lambert & Co.
cluz@lambert.com
Additional Information and Where to Find It
GX has filed a registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), which includes a preliminary proxy statement to be distributed to holders of GX’s common stock in connection with GX’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by GX’s stockholders with respect to the Business Combination and other matters as described in the Registration Statement, and a prospectus relating to the offer of the securities to be issued to Celularity’s stockholders in connection with the Business Combination. After the Registration Statement has been declared effective, GX will mail a definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents to its stockholders as of the record date established for voting on the Business Combination and the other proposals regarding the Business Combination set forth in the Registration Statement. GX’s stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read the Registration Statement, including the preliminary proxy statement / prospectus contained therein, and any amendments thereto and, once available, the definitive proxy statement / prospectus, in connection with GX’s solicitation of proxies for its special meeting of stockholders to be held to approve, among other things, the Business Combination, because these documents will contain important information about GX, Celularity and the Business Combination. Stockholders may also obtain a copy of the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus or, once available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other documents filed with the SEC regarding the Business Combination and other documents filed with the SEC by GX, without charge, at the SEC’s website located at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to GX Acquisition Corp., 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10019.
Participants in the Solicitation
GX and its directors and officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of GX’s stockholders in connection with the Business Combination. GX’s stockholders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, more detailed information regarding the directors and officers of GX in GX’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, which was filed with the SEC on March 4, 2021, GX’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the SEC on December 4, 2020, the Registration Statement, which was initially filed with the SEC on January 25, 2021 and amended on March 29, 2021 and April 23, 2021, including the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus contained therein, and GX’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the SEC on April 14, 2021.
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Non-Solicitation
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Forward Looking Statements
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The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: (i) the ability to consummate the Business Combination, (ii) the expected benefits of the Business Combination; (iii) the financial and business performance of Celularity, (iv) the inability to complete the PIPE Investment; (v) the success and timing of Celularity’s cellular therapeutic development activities and initiating clinical trials; (vi) the success and timing of Celularity’s planned clinical trials; (vii) Celularity’s ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of any of Celularity’s therapeutic candidates; (viii) Celularity’s plans to research, discover and develop additional therapeutic candidates, including by leveraging genetic engineering and other technologies and expanding into additional indications; (ix) Celularity’s ability to expand its manufacturing capabilities, and to manufacture Celularity’s therapeutic candidates and scale production; (x) Celularity’s ability to meet certain milestones; (xi) changes in Celularity’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; (xii) the implementation, market acceptance and success of Celularity’s business model; (xiii) developments and projections relating to Celularity’s competitors and industry; (xiv) the impact of health epidemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, on Celularity’s business and the actions Celularity may take in response thereto; (xv) Celularity’s expectations regarding its ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection and not infringe on the rights of others; (xvi) expectations regarding the time during which GX will be an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act; (xvii) Celularity’s future capital requirements and sources and uses of cash; (xviii) Celularity’s ability to obtain funding for its operations; (xix) Celularity’s business, expansion plans and opportunities; (xx) the outcome of any known and unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings; and (xxi) changes in applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, codes, executive orders, injunctions, judgements, decrees or other orders or the interpretation thereof. These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this communication, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties may be amplified by the COVID- 19 pandemic, which has caused significant economic uncertainty. If any of these risks materialize or underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that neither GX nor Celularity presently know, or that GX or Celularity currently believe are immaterial, that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect GX’s and Celularity’s expectations, plans, or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. GX and Celularity anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause GX’s and Celularity’s assessments to change. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing GX’s or Celularity’s views as of any subsequent date, and GX does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. Additional risks and uncertainties are identified and discussed in GX’s reports filed with the SEC and available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
