Flagship Pioneering announced that former FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn will lead its Preemptive Medicine & Health Security initiative.
A “bioinnovation platform company,” Flagship Pioneering has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures totaling more than $90 billion in aggregate value, according to the company.
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Flagship Pioneering announced that former FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn will lead its Preemptive Medicine & Health Security initiative.
A “bioinnovation platform company,” Flagship Pioneering has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures totaling more than $90 billion in aggregate value, according to the company.
It has, to date, deployed more than $2.4 billion in capital toward founding and growing companies, as well as more than $19 billion of follow-on investments from other institutions. Among the 41 companies comprising Flagship’s ecosystem is Moderna, the maker of the second vaccine to receive FDA emergency use authorization under Hahn’s tenure with the agency.
Hahn, who served as FDA commissioner from 2019 to 2021, having previously held the role of chief medical executive at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, will assume the position of chief medical officer and join Flagship’s…