Dendreon Adds Heavyweights To Its Board

12/10/09

The little vaccine maker that could has added a couple of heavyweights to its board of directors.
Dendreon, which hopes to win FDA approval next month for its Provenge prostate cancer vaccine, recruited Ian Clark, a Roche exec who was recently tapped to lead the big drug maker’s Genentech unit (see photo at left), and Pedro Granadillo, who once headed manufacturing at Eli Lilly. Here’s the press release.
The move prompted speculation that Roche, which has a large presence in oncology, could become a bidder for Dendreon. As Reuters notes, Dendreon stock has jumped 10-fold since last spring, when data was released showing Provenge prolonged life for patients by about four months. Meanwhile, Dendreon has been ramping up production and some investors are betting an acquisition may …

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