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Jay Kang is currently Head of CMC and External Manufacturing at Legend Biotech. He led internal and joint teams through the successful development, process validation, global submission, commercial approval, and launch of Carvykti. His team also led the technology transfer of Carvykti to a CMO and managed the strategic collaboration and day-to-day activities of cell therapy manufacturing in CMO. Carvykti has become the best-selling cell therapy product, serving more than 14,000 patients worldwide. Before joining Legend, he gained over 15 years of pharmaceutical and biotech industry experience, progressing from a bench scientist to leadership roles spanning CMC development and regulatory strategy, clinical and commercial manufacturing, and CMO and partnership management.