OncoQuest names new chief medical officer

14 May 2018
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Cancer immunotherapy firm OncoQuest has appointed industry veteran Dr Eliel Bayever as chief medical officer.

Prior to joining Canada-based OncoQuest, a subsidiary of Quest PharmaTech (TSX-V: QPT), Dr Bayever was vice president and head of oncology at India-headquartered Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (BSE: 532296), responsible for leading the effort to develop novel biologics for cancer immunotherapy. Prior to that, he was VP, medical, at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: MACK), where he led the registration study, regulatory submission and global approval of Onivyde (irinotecan liposome injection) as a post-gemcitabine treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Dr Bayever has also held senior medical positions at Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth (now Pfizer), Human Genome Sciences (now GlaxoSmithKline), and Bayer focusing primarily on oncology therapeutics, as well as related devices and diagnostics.

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