Gamida Cell Ltd. announced the appointment of Michele Korfin as chief operating and chief commercial officer. Ms. Korfin brings over 20 years of experience in oncology, focused on business operations and commercialization of novel therapies. In this role, she will have oversight of manufacturing and commercialization as Gamida Cell advances its clinical development candidates: omidubicel, an advanced cell therapy in Phase 3 clinical development as a potentially life-saving treatment option for patients in need of bone marrow transplant, and GDA-201, an investigational, natural killer (NK) cell-based cancer immunotherapy in Phase 1 development in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Prior to joining Gamida Cell, Ms. Korfin served as chief operating officer at TYME Technologies. From 2016-2018, she was vice president of market access at Kite Pharma, where she oversaw the market access strategy, including payer relations, reimbursement and government affairs for Yescarta®, the first approved CAR-T therapy in lymphoma. She also worked closely with the manufacturing and supply chain teams at Kite to prepare for FDA approval and commercialization. Before joining Kite, Ms. Korfin spent more than a decade at Celgene in a variety of key strategic and operational roles, including commercial leadership roles and overseeing the global development programs for REVLIMID® in lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. She also led the Celgene oncology sales force of over 120 representatives, responsible for $650 million in revenue for ABRAXANE®, which is now a standard of care in pancreatic cancer.