Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Mary Tagliaferri, M.D. to the Company?s Board of Directors, effective February 29, 2024. Dr. Tagliaferri brings nearly 30 years of biopharmaceutical industry experience and oncology therapeutic development expertise to the Y-mAbs Board of Directors. Dr. Tagliaferri has a highly accomplished biotechnology career and is currently the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Nektar Therapeutics.

Nektar is a clinical-stage, research-based drug discovery biopharmaceutical company focuses on discovering and developing innovative medicines in the field of immunotherapy. At Nektar, Dr. Tagliaferri has been responsible for numerous clinical studies evaluating novel therapeutics in oncology and she was also instrumental in establishing key strategic partnerships. Previously, she served as Chief Medical Officer for KangLaiTe-USA and was Co-Founder, President and Board Member of Bionovo, Inc. Dr. Tagliaferri currently serves on the board of Enzo Biochem, Inc. and she served on the board of RayzeBio, Inc. from 2021 until the acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2024.

She earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Cornell University and her medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Tagliaferri was honored as an Eminent Woman Leader in Healthcare by Inc. Magazine in 2023. She was named to the Women who Lead in Life Sciences and Most Influential Women in Business lists by the San Francisco Business Times in 2019.

Dr. Tagliaferri was also recognized as Woman of the Year in 2012 by the State of California, Assembly District 14. She has been lead author or contributor to approximately 90 peer-reviewed journal publications.