Cellares and BMS Extend Collaboration to Include a Second CAR-T Asset; Kristin Yarema Appointed as Poseida’s CEO Replacing Mark Gergen
On October 10, Cellares announced an extension of its agreement with BMS to include a second CAR-T Program in Cellares’s Technology Adoption Partnership (TAP) Program (press release). A day earlier, Poseida reported a leadership transition with Kristin Yarema appointed as the new CEO expected to be effective January 1, 2024, while Mark Genger, current CEO, will transition to Executive Chairman of the company (press release). Below, Celltelligence provides insights about the expanded Cellares-BMS collaboration and speculates about which of BMS’s preclinical assets could have been partnered.