Christi Shaw, inspired by her sister’s cancer, named CEO of Kite Pharma, Gilead’s anti-cancer unit
Christi Shaw, an Eli Lilly executive, has been named the new head of Kite Pharma, which is focused on treatments that genetically engineer patients’ white blood cells to attack cancer.
Christi Shaw, until Thursday morning the executive in charge of Eli Lilly’s drug division, will become the CEO of Kite Pharma, the unit of biotechnology giant Gilead that is focused on treatments that genetically engineer patients’ white blood cells to attack cancer.
Shaw said she was inspired to take the job because that type of treatment, known as CAR-T, is what she wants to focus
