Category: Moncef Slaoui

Slaoui exits three more companies amid harassment fallout

Centessa, Medicxi, Moncef Slaoui, News, R&D, senior management, Vaxcyte / March 26, 2021 March 26, 2021

Moncef Slaoui has stepped down from positions at three more companies, shortly after being dismissed from a firm owned by GlaxoSmithKline for alleged sexual harassment. In the space of 24 hours, Slaoui (61) exited as chairman of US vaccine developer Vaxcyte at the request of the company, and resigned from his role at chief scientific …

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GSK fires former R&D chief Slaoui after sexual harassment allegation

Centessa, GlaxoSmithKline, Medicxi, Moncef Slaoui, News, R&D / March 25, 2021 March 25, 2021

GlaxoSmithKline has fired its former research boss Moncef Slaoui from the board of Galvani Bioelectronics, a company it majority owns, after an internal investigation found he sexually harassed a female employee. Slaoui is noted for his work with Operation Warp Speed, the COVID-19 vaccine project launched by the Trump administration, where he was scientific head …

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GSK fires ex-Warp Speed chief Moncef Slaoui after sexual harassment inquiry

BioPharma, Daily, Galvani Bioelectronics, GlaxoSmithKline, Legal, Medical Devices, Moncef Slaoui, Pharma, South San Francisco, Stevenage, SYN, Top Story, United Kingdom / March 24, 2021 March 24, 2021

GSK has terminated Moncef Slaoui as board chair of Galvani Bioelectronics after an investigation substantiated a sexual harassment claim dating to his tenure at the pharmaceutical giant. The company said the inquiry is continuing.

Chief scientist on Operation Warp Speed resigns

biopharma nl, Daily, Moncef Slaoui, News, Operation Warp Speed, Policy, SYN, Top Story / January 14, 2021 January 14, 2021

The scientific adviser who guided U.S. efforts to speed up development of vaccines for Covid-19 is resigning at the behest of the incoming Biden administration.