Champion

Chief Scientific Officer
PsiOxus Therapeutics , Ltd
Albania

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Biography

Brian Champion was previously Executive Director and Head of Immunology for Pfizer’s Vaccine Immunotherapeutics Research Unit in La Jolla, California. In this role Brian led the immunology team providing expertise and immunoassays for all Pfizer vaccine projects, including therapeutic T-cell focused vaccines for cancer, antibody focused vaccines for several different diseases as well as several prophylactic infectious disease vaccines. He was also a member of the leadership team as well as Program Lead for an anti-IgE therapeutic vaccine for allergy/asthma. Prior to this role, Brian was Site Head for Pfizer Vaccine Research in the UK. Before joining Pfizer, Dr Champion was Chief Scientific Officer for Lorantis and Celldex, Cambridge, developing protein and DNA-based, antigen-specific immunotherapeutic approaches to a variety of immunological diseases, including therapeutic vaccines and immunotherapeutic biomolecule approaches for cancer, infectious diseases, allergies and autoimmune disorders. Prior to Lorantis, he was with Glaxo and GlaxoWellcome (UK and USA) for 13 years, focusing primarily on target discovery and validation research for autoimmune, allergic and bone disorders. Brian Champion was previously Executive Director and Head of Immunology for Pfizer’s Vaccine Immunotherapeutics Research Unit in La Jolla, California. In this role Brian led the immunology team providing expertise and immunoassays for all Pfizer vaccine projects, including therapeutic T-cell focused vaccines for cancer, antibody focused vaccines for several different diseases as well as several prophylactic infectious disease vaccines. He was also a member of the leadership team as well as Program Lead for an anti-IgE therapeutic vaccine for allergy/asthma. Prior to this role, Brian was Site Head for Pfizer Vaccine Research in the UK. Before joining Pfizer, Dr Champion was Chief Scientific Officer for Lorantis and Celldex, Cambridge, developing protein and DNA-based, antigen-specific immunotherapeutic approaches to a variety of immunological diseases, including therapeutic vaccines and immunotherapeutic biomolecule approaches for cancer, infectious diseases, allergies and autoimmune disorders. Prior to Lorantis, he was with Glaxo and GlaxoWellcome (UK and USA) for 13 years, focusing primarily on target discovery and validation research for autoimmune, allergic and bone disorders.

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