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Biography
Mr. Hastings is the Chief Executive Officer of Nkarta and a member of the company's board of directors. Prior to joining Nkarta in 2018, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of successive biopharmaceutical companies including Chairman and CEO of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, President and CEO of QLT, President and CEO of Axys Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by Celera Corporation, President of Chiron BioPharmaceuticals, a division of Chiron Corporation, and President and CEO of LXR Biotechnology. Mr. Hastings also held a series of management positions of increasing responsibility at Genzyme Corporation, including President of Genzyme Therapeutics Europe as well as President, Genzyme Global Therapeutics. Earlier in his career,Mr. Hastings served as Vice President, Marketing and Sales and General Manager, Europe for Synergen (acquired by Amgen in 1994) and held a series of marketing and sales management positions with Hoffmann-La Roche.
He is currently chair of the board of directors at Specific Biologics an
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