Compugen Ltd. announced the appointment of Jean-Pierre Bizzari, M.D., formerly Executive Vice President and Global Head of Oncology at Celgene Corporation, to its Board of Directors. Dr. Jean-Pierre Bizzari is a world-renowned oncology expert who brings to Compugen over 35 years of broad experience in oncology drug development. Dr. Bizzari served as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Oncology at Celgene Corporation, responsible for Celgene's clinical development and operations-statistics teams across the United States, Europe and Asia/Japan where he oversaw the development and approval of leading oncology products, including REVLIMID® (lenalidomide), VIDAZA® (azacitidine), ISTODAX® (romidepsin) and ABRAXANE® (nab-paclitaxel).