Spencer Fisk

Spencer has more than 30 years of experience in Manufacturing and CMC product development. While at Rubius, Spencer built the technical functions to design and deliver the REDTM manufacturing platform, including clearance of 4 IND’s over 4 years.

He also led the acquisition and re-fit of their Red Cell Therapeutics manufacturing site in Smithfield Rhode Island, where the team transferred and delivered clinical supplies for their 3 oncology programs. Prior to joining Rubius, Spencer served as VP & Global Head of Cell & Gene Technical Development and Manufacturing at Novartis where led the CMC development and manufacturing organization to deliver the CAR-T portfolio. Under his leadership, the team successfully registered and launched the first CAR-T cellular therapy product, Kymriah, which has demonstrated transformative efficacy in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. While at Novartis, Spencer also led technical development teams across the Novartis Biologics portfolio in support of the commercialization of Cosentyx® and the registration and approval of ErelziT? and Rixathon®.

Prior to Novartis, he led manufacturing and CMC functions in support of Somavert®, Elonva®, Retavase® and Puregon® while at Merck, formerly Schering Plough, Organon and Covance. Prior to Merck, Spencer held various process and technical development and manufacturing roles at Genentech, Genencor and Novo Nordisk.