Shiva Malek, head of NIBR oncology unit

No­var­tis' dis­cov­ery team hires Genen­tech vet Shi­va Malek to lead ear­ly-stage on­col­o­gy work

A long­time dis­cov­ery re­searcher at Genen­tech has jumped ship to run No­var­tis’ ear­ly-stage on­col­o­gy work.

Shi­va Malek, who had worked at the Roche-owned com­pa­ny for the last 15 years, is now in charge of the No­var­tis In­sti­tutes for Bio­Med­ical Re­search’s on­col­o­gy de­part­ment, a No­var­tis spokesper­son told End­points News in an email. Run by Jay Brad­ner, NI­BR is No­var­tis’ pri­ma­ry in-house dis­cov­ery en­gine.

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