Dr. Rajesh K. Malik, M.D., M.B., Ch.B., has been Chief Medical Officer of G1 Therapeutics, Inc. since July 2014. Dr. Malik oversees the advancement of the G1 Therapeutic's lead CDK 4/6 inhibitor, G1T28-1, into a Phase I study for the reduction of chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression. Dr. Malik served as Senior Vice President and Member of Management Board at Agennix AG and as its Chief Medical Officer since January 2007. Dr. Malik served as the Chief Medical Officer of Agennix Incorporated since January 2007. Dr. Malik served as Chief Medical Officer of Adherex Technologies Inc. from September 7, 2004 to January 12, 2007. He has more than 25 years of combined clinical and industry experience to Adherex, was Executive Director at EMD Pharmaceuticals, where he directed the global clinical development strategy for three EMD/Merck KGaA oncology product candidates. Prior to his time at EMD Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Malik served as Associate Director at Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he was responsible for the global clinical development strategy for an oral taxane and for Bristol-Myers pediatric initiatives. From 1993 to 2000, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. He served fellowships at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Malik received his M.D. from the University of Sheffield Medical School in the U.K. Dr. Malik completed his medical training in England, earning his Ch.B. from the University of Sheffield Medical School, with post-graduate training in the U.K. and in the USA.