Joe Biden names Greg Simon to lead cancer 'moonshot'

Vice President Joe Biden has appointed Greg Simon, CEO of Poliwogg, a financial services company focused on investing in life sciences, to lead the cancer "moonshot" program President Barack Obama announced in January, according to The New York Times.

Mr. Simon, 64, is also fighting his own battle against cancer. He has been battling chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a blood and bone marrow cancer, since June 2014. He has been treated with chemotherapy and declared healthy, according to The New York Times.

Mr. Simon has extensive healthcare and political experience. He was an aide to Vice President Al Gore from 1991 to 1997. In 2003, he started FasterCures, which aims to quicken the translation between medical research and producing life-saving drugs. Mr. Simon left FasterCures in 2009 to serve as senior vice president for patient engagement at Pfizer. Since 2012, he has served as CEO of Poliwogg, a financial services company focused on investing in life sciences, according to the report.

"With his amazing breadth of experience, both in the public and private sector, he will bring an invaluable knowledge of the health care landscape to the task force," Mr. Biden said in a statement, according to The New York Times.

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