Exelixis, Inc. announced the appointment of Vicki L. Goodman, M.D., as Executive Vice President, Product Development & Medical Affairs, and Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Goodman has more than 20 years of oncology experience as a drug development leader at global biopharmaceutical organizations, regulator and clinician. She joins Exelixis from Merck, where she served as Vice President, Clinical Research and Therapeutic Area Head, Late Stage Oncology; her previous tenures in the biopharmaceutical industry include clinical development leadership positions at Bristol Myers Squibb and GlaxoSmithKline.

Dr. Goodman joins Exelixis as the company continues to maximize the clinical potential of CABOMETYX® (cabozantinib), its global oncology franchise, while rapidly advancing its pipeline of promising investigational small molecules and biologics to treat cancer.