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AppointmentsImmunotherapy maker TxCell SA has appointed gene therapy expert Olivier Danos to its newly founded Scientific Advisory Board. Danos serves as Senior Vice President of Cell and Gene Therapy at Biogen and has led Biogen’s gene therapy research group for the last two years. Previously, Danos served as Senior VP Molecular Medicine, Synthetic Biology and Gene Regulation at Kadmon Pharmaceuticals.