Mirati’s New CEO Clears Out Execs Ahead Of Key Filing And Readout

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The biotech could have the best-in-class KRAS inhibitor, but the departure of two senior executives has given investors the jitters as Mirati heads towards its first regulatory filing.

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The San Diego-based company is set to file adagrasib with the US regulator by the end of 2021. • Source: Alamy

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.’s newly arrived CEO David Meek has decided to remove two senior executives just weeks before its files its much-anticipated KRAS inhibitor adagrasib with the US Food and Drug Administration.

Meek took the helm just six weeks ago but has apparently concluded that chief medical officer Joseph Leveque and chief...

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