Ruby Cheema

Ms. Cheema joined Viracta in April 2022 as Vice President of Portfolio and Program Management. She brings 22 years of industry experience as a scientist, and in the disciplines of project, portfolio, and alliance management. Ms. Cheema developed experience in multiple disease areas (infectious disease, oncology, immune-oncology and rare diseases, among others) over the course of her career, while working at both large and small pharma companies. She started her career at Johnson & Johnson as a research associate, and then moved to Aviron/Medimmune Vaccines as an associate scientist before joining Genentech. Over the course of her 13-year tenure at Genentech, she managed multiple projects from early stage to launch, including the mAbs Perjeta™ and Tecentriq™ and the ADC polatuzumab vedotin. Thereafter, Ms. Cheema transitioned to Unity Biotechnologies as the Director of Portfolio and Program Management. Prior to Viracta, she was the Senior Director and Head of Strategic Alliances and Patient Advocacy at 4D Molecular Therapeutics. Ms. Cheema has participated in the filing of multiple INDs/INDa(s), PMPs, 2 BLAs and brings a wealth of experience with her to Viracta.