To address this concern, the sponsor has agreed to conduct an additional study of people with those backgrounds to further evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Benlysta for this subgroup of lupus patients.
According to Zanna, while Cargill prizes highly qualified talent, her additional focus on diversity of skillsets, gender, backgrounds, languages and nationalities is not typical at the company.
"What I am saying to those organisations who have got skills in running schools for troubled young people from difficult backgrounds, people with experience in setting up academies, can you bring an additional skill to this task that means we can deliver better value and better outcomes and that's the purpose of this consultation, " he added.