First published at 09:59 UTC on April 12th, 2021.
COVID-19/Premature Death
Chief medical scientist at Covid-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca dies at 61. - March 21, 2021
José Baselga, Astrazeneca Executive Vice President
On January 7, 2019, AstraZeneca announced that they had hired him as head of r…
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COVID-19/Premature Death
Chief medical scientist at Covid-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca dies at 61. - March 21, 2021
José Baselga, Astrazeneca Executive Vice President
On January 7, 2019, AstraZeneca announced that they had hired him as head of research and development in oncology, where he worked until his death.
His death was confirmed by AstraZeneca, where Baselga had been serving as executive vice president for research and development in oncology. The Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia reported it was Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare brain infection that causes degeneration and death - an abnormally shaped protein infecting the brain. This protein is called a 'prion', It is not known what causes prions to build up in the brain. He had no known health issues before death.
josé Baselga, M.D., Ph.D., had resigned from Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center in the wake of a report about his failure to disclose his financial ties to drug developers in research papers.
Revenue Service filings show the nonprofit hospital paid more than $1.5 million in severance to Dr. Baselga in 2018 and 2019.
https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2021/statement-on-the-passing-of-jose-baselga.html
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Baselga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5YTnbFDpDA
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