Bob Valamehr, Ph.D. MBA, To Become President and CEO January 1, 2025
Scott Wolchko To Retire as President and CEO after 10 years of Leadership in Pioneering iPSC-derived Cellular Immunotherapies
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FATE) ("Fate Therapeutics" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing first-in-class induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cellular immunotherapies to patients with cancer and autoimmune disorders, today announced that Scott Wolchko, the Company's President and CEO, will retire effective December 31, 2024. Fate's current President of Research and Development (R&D), Bob Valamehr, Ph.D. MBA, will assume the role of President and CEO as of January 1, 2025. Fate Therapeutics will passionately continue its mission to develop novel off-the-shelf cellular immunotherapies to broadly treat patients in need.
