Biography
Dr. Elliot Norry has served as Chief Medical Officer of Adaptimmune since January 2020 and he is a member of the Executive Team. Previously, Dr. Norry was Vice President of Clinical Safety in Pharmacovigilance at Adaptimmune, and leader of their ADP- A2AFP program. Prior to joining Adaptimmune, Dr. Norry served as Safety Development Leader at GSK, where he managed clinical safety for a broad range of early and late-stage products, including improvement activities for pazopanib for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma. He was also chair of GSK’s Hepatic Safety Panel. Prior to his roles in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Norry practiced adult internal medicine at Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, Pennsylvania. He holds a B.A. from Columbia College and an M.D. from New York University. He performed his residency in Internal Medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia and his fellowships in gastroenterology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
Track Chair:
Ira Mellman, Genentech
Human cells have been successfully used as treatment for blood cancers for decades but translating the promise to cell-based treatment for solid tumors has been slow. The advent of gene-editing techniques such as CRISPR, coupled with advances in our understanding of immunology and optimization of growing, manufacturing, transporting, storing, and handling specialized biological samples and materials is transforming the cell therapy field. We will hear in this session about some of the most promising work in the field, as well as the challenges in overcoming resistance