Christopher J. Molineaux
Senior Vice President
Development
Calithera Biosciences
India
Biography
Dr. Molineaux has served as our Senior Vice President of Development since April 2013. From 2010 to 2013, Dr. Molineaux served as President of INDStrat LLC, a consulting firm. From 2004 to 2009, Dr. Molineaux was Vice President of Development at Proteolix, where he led the team that developed carfilzomib (marketed as Krypolis) through the completion of Phase 2 clinical trials for accelerated approval in the United States for the treatment of refractory multiple myeloma. Previously, Dr. Molineaux led the oral anemia project team at FibroGen, Inc. and prior to that, led the team at Praecis that discovered and developed abarelix (marketed as Plenaxis), which was approved for the treatment of prostate cancer. Dr. Molineaux received a B.S. in Zoology from University of Maryland, College Park, a Ph.D. in Immunology and Infections Diseases from Johns Hopkins University, and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Research Interest
Immunology, Molecular Biology
