Amgen’s Roger Sidhu Joins Cell Design Labs as Chief Medical Officer

Roger Sidhu has been appointed chief medical officer of Emeryville, CA-based Cell Design Labs. Sidhu most recently worked at Amgen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMGN]]), where he was global product general manager. His responsibilities there encompassed Amgen’s early-stage immune-oncology compounds. Cell Design Labs, which is based on research of Wendell Lim, a professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco, is developing cell-based therapies to treat cancer.

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.