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Dr. Robert Hariri Q&A

You might expect to find Dr. Robert Hariri strolling through the headquarters of Celularity, the biotechnology company he founded, outfitted in PPE and sterile paper slippers. But when we caught up with this 62-year-old, physically fit aviator, he was in his light-filled office in the 150,000-square-foot Florham Park, New Jersey facility, wearing a black shirt, black pants, and black boots. It’s a look that downplays his role as the pioneer of placenta-based stem-cell research to treat life-threatening diseases and his transformative contributions in immuno-oncology and cell therapeutics.