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Leena Das-Young

Jul 13, 2018

Guardant Health has appointed Leena Das-Young to serve as general manager of its LUNAR program. In her new role, Das-Young will oversee all work applying Guardant Health's technology and database of more than 70,000 clinical Guardant360 assay results, toward new applications in early-stage cancer, such as residual detection, recurrence monitoring, and early detection.

Prior to joining Guardant, Das-Young was vice president and head of the late phase strategy development group at Pfizer's oncology group, where she was responsible for a portfolio of oncology programs including Ibrance, Xalkori, Besponsa, Sutent, lorlatinib, and others. Prior to her roles in product development, she served in various commercial roles responsible for several successful launches at both Pfizer and Bayer.  She holds BS and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from Purdue University.

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