Legend Biotech Corporation announced the appointment of Guowei Fang, Ph.D., as senior vice president, global head of research and early development of Legend Biotech. Dr. Guowei Fang will assume the responsibilities of Dr. Xiaohu Fan, who resigned from Legend Biotech effective on 30 March 2022. Dr. Guowei Fang is an accomplished scientist and pharmaceutical research and development leader who brings a wealth of experience in oncology and immunology to the role.

Dr. Fang comes to Legend Biotech from Zymeworks Inc, where he served as senior vice president of Research and oversaw the development of novel platforms and a portfolio of multi-functional biologics and antibody drug conjugates.