Speaker Profile
EVP, Kite Pharma
Biography
Cindy Perettie is a global oncology and cell therapy leader with more than two decades of experience advancing medicines from science to patients. She leads Kite’s cell therapy business, building on the company’s foundation in CAR T and its approved therapies for blood cancers. Her career spans strategy, commercialization, global operations, and patient access, with prior senior leadership roles at Roche/Genentech focused on oncology. At Kite, she is driving the next phase of cell therapy, including broader patient reach, manufacturing scale, community-based delivery, and expansion into next-generation platforms. She has also emphasized the personal and human side of cancer care, connecting scientific innovation with the practical realities patients and families face. Her leadership reflects a central challenge for the field: how to turn highly complex, individualized therapies into treatments that can reach more eligible patients safely, reliably, and at global scale.
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Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Davos of Precision Medicine
PMWC 2027 Program
January 27–29, 2027 · Santa Clara Convention Center
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