Gilead announces hire of former B-MS exec, and a promotion

19 February 2020

US biotech major Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) announced today that Michael Quigley has joined the company as senior vice president, Research Biology, bringing to the role deep experience in oncology and immuno-oncology biology.

Dr Quigley joins Gilead from Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), where most recently he was VP, Tumor Microenvironment Modulation Thematic Research Center and site head of the Redwood City, California location. In that role, Dr Quigley was responsible for setting strategy for Bristol-Myers Squibb’s oncology discovery portfolio and business development activities, overseeing target identification, validation and preclinical development of large and small molecule therapies. He received a PhD in Immunology from Duke University and conducted his post-doctoral research at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Pediatric Oncology.

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