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Wendy L. Yarno

Director at Iovance Biotherapeutics

Ms. Yarno retired in September 2008 from Merck & Co., Inc., following a 26-year career there in commercial and human resource positions of increasing seniority, most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer before she retired. In that role, Ms. Yarno led an organization charged with global commercialization strategy and all aspects of supporting pre-and post-launch commercialization of pharmaceuticals in more than 20 therapeutic areas. Ms. Yarno currently serves on the board of directors of publicly traded life sciences companies Ideaya Bio, Inc., Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. She formerly served on the boards of St. Jude Medical, Inc., MyoKardia, Inc., Medivation, Inc., Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc., Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and Durata Therapeutics, Inc., prior to their acquisitions. Ms. Yarno received a B.S. in Business Administration from Portland State University and an M.B.A. from Temple University.

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  • Director

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