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Hitting Refresh: Aduro CEO On Company Cuts, Pipeline Programs And Alliances

 
• By Lucie Ellis-Taitt

Aduro Biotech announced a “strategic reset” in January 2019 that will see the Californian company center around two core pipeline programs, cut its headcount and focus on pharma partnerships. Stephen Isaacs, chair, president and CEO of the company, speaks to In Vivo about his vision for Aduro as the 2020s approach, and the challenges a smaller biotech faces when balancing multiple big pharma agreements.

Aduro BioTech Inc. announced on January 30, 2019, that it would be cutting its headcount by around 37%, shelving some of its pipeline programs and focusing all its resources on the discovery and development of novel product candidates in the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) and a proliferation inducing ligand (APRIL) pathways.

As a result of this company reset and the subsequent reduction in ongoing operating expenses, Aduro expects to extend its...

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