Innovent Biologics, Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Nageatte Ibrahim as the Oncology CMO. Dr. Ibrahim will provide the strategy, execution and leadership for the Oncology Global Clinical Development program. Dr. Nageatte Ibrahim has over 11 years of oncology industry drug development experience at Merck and GSK.

Dr. Ibrahim also has 9 years of faculty appointments; an Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and attending physician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and later an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Perlman School of Medicine/Abramson Cancer Center. Dr. Ibrahim's fore into industry began at GSK working on the dabrafenib/trametinib program and global approvals in melanoma. Prior to joining Innovent, Dr. Ibrahim was the Vice President, Global Clinical Development, Oncology at Merck, overseeing the strategy and execution for Keytruda and combinations across multiple tumor types and assets.

In her early career at Merck, she led the pivotal global registration studies for Keytruda in front-line advanced melanoma and resectable melanoma which have been approved globally. Major accomplishments from Dr. Ibrahim's clinical development teams under her leadership include global approvals in Merkel cell, gastric, biliary, and hepatocellular cancers, resected Stage IIB or IIC melanoma, pediatric neurofibromatosis-1 (NF-1) as well as tumor agnostic indications for TMB-H expressing cancers and MSI-H/dMMR tumors. Dr. Ibrahim was also responsible for the development strategy of multiple assets, including in partnership with other companies, while at Merck.

Dr. Ibrahim has a long and successful track record of building great teams, fostering an environment of learning and comradery, as well as mentoring and coaching future talent for leadership. She has also served as the Scientific Advisor for the Melanoma Research. Dr. Nageatte Ibrahim earned her B.S. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Rutgers University and M.D. from MCP-Hahnemann/Drexel College of Medicine.

Dr. Ibrahim completed an internal medicine residency at MCP-Hahnemann/Drexel College of Medicine, a Hematology and Oncology Fellowship from Tufts Medical Center, and Oncology Research Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ibrahim possesses a Pennsylvania Medical License and ABIM Certification in Medical Oncology.