Kartik P.

Kartik P. has a diverse and extensive work experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Kartik is currently serving as the Senior Director of Corporate Development at Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to this, they worked at Graphite Bio as the Senior Director and Program Team Leader, where they played a crucial role in leading a multidisciplinary team through the development of a lead asset for sickle cell disease. Kartik also worked at Global Blood Therapeutics as the Director of Commercial Planning, where they contributed to the pre- and post-launch planning and strategy for the company's sickle cell disease product portfolio. Their experience also includes working at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals as part of the Business Analytics team, where they used innovative analytics to support commercial strategy for a pancreatic cancer drug. Kartik began their career at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, where they held the position of Manager of Pricing and Market Access. Overall, Kartik has demonstrated expertise in commercial planning, program leadership, and data analytics within the pharmaceutical industry.

Kartik P. has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Developmental Biology from Baylor College of Medicine, which they obtained from 1999 to 2004. After that, from 2004 to 2012, they worked as a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Developmental Neuroscience at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at UCLA. Finally, from 2012 to 2014, they pursued a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) with a focus on Finance at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.