Issuer: CureVac
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CureVac Announces Update to the Management Team
TÜBINGEN, Germany / BOSTON, USA – July 14, 2023 – CureVac N.V. (Nasdaq: CVAC) (“CureVac”), a global biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (“mRNA”), today announced that Dr. Igor Splawski, CureVac’s Chief Scientific Officer, will step down effective July 14, 2023 to return to early-stage research in the United States. During the search for a successor, CureVac’s Chief Development Officer, Dr. Myriam Mendila, will head the advancement of CureVac’s unique mRNA technology platform and its integration with the clinical development of novel mRNA vaccines and therapeutics. “We are extremely grateful for Igor’s many contributions to CureVac’s research strategy and his vital role in bringing the company’s differentiated mRNA technology to the next level,” said Jean Stéphenne, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CureVac. “I would like to sincerely thank him for his leadership and wish him all the best for his next steps.” “Leading the development of CureVac’s mRNA technology and preclinical pipeline in these decisive years of strong growth and technology evolution has been a great privilege,” said Dr. Igor Splawski. “I truly enjoyed working with our brilliant scientists, who have pioneered some of the most significant breakthroughs in mRNA technology and continue to advance this exciting field. I would like to thank my CureVac colleagues for their trust and support.”
About CureVac CureVac (Nasdaq: CVAC) is a global biopharmaceutical company in the field of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, with more than 20 years of expertise in developing, optimizing, and manufacturing this versatile biological molecule for medical purposes. The principle of CureVac’s proprietary technology is the use of optimized mRNA as a data carrier to instruct the human body to produce its own proteins capable of fighting a broad range of diseases. In July 2020, CureVac entered in a collaboration with GSK to jointly develop new products in prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases based on CureVac’s second-generation mRNA technology. This collaboration was later extended to the development of second-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidates, and modified mRNA vaccine technologies. Based on its proprietary technology, CureVac has built a deep clinical pipeline across the areas of prophylactic vaccines, cancer therapies, antibody therapies, and the treatment of rare diseases. CureVac N.V. has its headquarters in Tübingen, Germany, and has more than 1,100 employees across its sites in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and the U.S. Further information can be found at www.curevac.com.
CureVac Media and Investor Relations Contact Dr. Sarah Fakih, Vice President Corporate Communications and Investor Relations CureVac, Tübingen, Germany T: +49 7071 9883-1298 M: +49 160 90 496949 sarah.fakih@curevac.com
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