Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. announced its Board of Directors has appointed a new independent director, Dr. Carol Gallagher. Dr. Gallagher has over 30 years of strategic, commercial, business development and drug development leadership experience in the life sciences industry. Currently, Dr. Gallagher serves as a venture advisor at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a global venture capital firm.

She has also served as a partner with Frazier Healthcare. Previously, Dr. Gallagher was CEO of Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, where she led the company through its acquisition by Gilead Sciences in 2011. Dr. Gallagher has held leadership roles with Eli Lilly, Amgen, Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Idec Pharmaceutics, CancerVax and Anadys Pharmaceuticals.

A veteran board director, Dr. Gallagher currently serves as a board member of PMV Pharma, Atara Biotherapeutics and, until its recent acquisition by Bristol Myers Squibb in August 2022, Turning Point Therapeutics. Dr. Gallagher attended Vanderbilt University and holds Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Kentucky. She also serves as a Trustee on the Board of Trustees for the Salk Institute.