Adaptimmune Appoints Elliot Norry Chief Medical Officer

Elliot Norry, acting chief medical officer of Adaptimmune (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ADAP]]) since last August, now holds the job outright. Norry initially joined the company in 2015 as head of clinical safety and pharmacovigilance. Adaptimmune, which splits its operations between Philadelphia and Oxfordshire, UK, is developing cancer immunotherapies based on its technology for engineering T cells.

Author: Frank Vinluan

Xconomy Editor Frank Vinluan is a business journalist with experience covering technology and life sciences. Based in Raleigh, he was a staff writer at the Triangle Business Journal covering technology, biotechnology and energy before joining MedCityNews.com as North Carolina bureau chief. Prior to moving to North Carolina’s Research Triangle in 2007 he held business reporting positions at The Des Moines Register and The Seattle Times.