Our Mission
Puma Biotechnology is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the acquisition, development, and commercialization of novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer.

About Us
Board of Directors
Alan H. Auerbach has served as our Chairman of the Board and as our Chief Executive Officer and President since our inception. Prior to founding Puma, Mr. Auerbach served as Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President and a Member of the Board of Directors of Cougar Biotechnology, Inc., from the company's inception in 2003 until its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson in July 2009.
From July 2009 until January 2010, Mr. Auerbach served as Co-Chairman of the Integration Steering Committee at Cougar (as part of Johnson & Johnson) that provided leadership and oversight for the development and global commercialization of Cougar's lead product candidate, abiraterone acetate. Abiraterone was approved for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer in the U.S. in April 2011 and in the European Union in September 2011.
Prior to founding Cougar, from June 1998 to April 2003 Mr. Auerbach was Vice President, Senior Research Analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, where he was responsible for research coverage of small- and middle- capitalization biotechnology companies, with a focus on companies in the field of oncology. He had primary responsibility for technical, scientific and clinical due diligence, as well as selection of biotechnology companies followed by the company. During 2002, Mr. Auerbach ranked second in the NASDAQ/Starmine survey of analyst performance for stock picking in biotechnology. From August 1997 to May 1998, Mr. Auerbach was a Vice President, Research Analyst at the Seidler Companies, Inc., where he was responsible for research coverage of small-capitalization biotechnology companies. Prior to his work as a biotechnology analyst, Mr. Auerbach worked for Diagnostic Products Corporation, where he designed and implemented Clinical Trials in the field of oncology.
Mr. Auerbach received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Alessandra Cesano, M.D., Ph.D. was appointed as a director of Puma Biotechnology, effective July 29, 2022. Dr. Cesano has been the Chief Medical Officer of ESSA Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company developing therapies for the treatment of prostate cancer, since July 2019.
From July 2015 until June 2019 Dr. Cesano was the Chief Medical Officer of NanoString Inc., a biotechnology company that develops translational research tools, where she focused on the development of translational and diagnostic multi-plexed assays for the characterization and measurement of mechanisms of immune response/resistance. Prior to NanoString, Dr. Cesano was Chief Medical Officer at Cleave Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focusing on protein therapies for the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, and before that she served as Chief Medical Officer and Chief Operations Officer at Nodality, Inc., where she built and led the Research & Development group, while providing the overall clinical vision for the organization. Between 1998 and 2008, Dr. Cesano held various management positions at Amgen Inc., Biogen Inc. (formerly Biogen Idec) and SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, where she helped to advance various oncology drugs through late stage development and FDA approvals.
Early in her professional career, she spent 12 years conducting research in tumor immunology, including nine years at the Wistar Institute, an NCI Basic Cancer Center connected with the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Cesano also holds membership in several professional and scientific societies including ASCO, ESMO, ASH, EHA, AACR and the Society of Immunotherapy of Cancer ("SITC"). In the latter she has served as co-chair in the SITC Industry Committee and of the SITC Biomarker Working Group, and she currently serves as Associate Editor for the Biomarker section of the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, co-chair of the Regulatory Committee, and as the elected At-Large Director of the SITC for the 2020-2023 term. Over her career, she has been an author on over 130 publications.
Dr. Cesano received an M.D. summa cum laude, a Board Certification in Oncology and a Ph.D. in Tumor Immunology from the University of Turin. Dr. Cesano was selected as a director because of her extensive background in biotechnology research and development and her experience in the life sciences industry.
Allison Dorval was appointed as a director of Puma Biotechnology, effective July 15, 2021. In November 2021, Ms. Dorval was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Verve Therapeutics, Inc., a public biotech company pioneering a new approach to the care of cardiovascular disease with single-course gene editing medicines. Additionally, she has served as a director of Aerovate Therapeutics, since July 2021.
Prior to joining Verve Therapeutics, Ms. Dorval served as Chief Financial Officer of Voyager Therapeutics, Inc., a public clinical stage gene therapy company, since November 2018 and as Voyager’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer since June 2018. Ms. Dorval joined Voyager as its Vice President of Finance in June 2017. Previously, Ms. Dorval served as Vice President and Controller of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from August 2016 to June 2017, and as a consultant at Danforth Advisors, a life sciences consultancy focusing on accounting and financial matters, from September 2015 to August 2016. In connection with her role at Danforth, Ms. Dorval served as interim Chief Financial Officer of medical device companies 480 Biomedical, Inc. and Arsenal Medical, Inc. from December 2015 to August 2016. Previously, Ms. Dorval served in several roles at Insulet Corporation, a medical device company, from August 2008 to July 2015, including as Chief Financial Officer from November 2014 to May 2015 and as Vice President and Controller from August 2008 to November 2014. Earlier in her career, Ms. Dorval served in various financial and accounting capacities at iBasis, Inc., a telecommunications company; Digitas Inc., an advertising company; and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Ms. Dorval received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Vermont and she is a certified public accountant. She has completed a graduate-level certificate program in Taxation at Bentley University’s McCallum Graduate School of Business. Ms. Dorval was selected as a director because of her extensive background in finance and accounting and her experience in the life sciences industry.
Mr. Miller was appointed as a director of Puma Biotechnology on February 23, 2018. Mr. Miller most recently served as the Executive Vice President U.S. Commercial of Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc, a public biopharmaceutical company, from April 2014 until his retirement in September 2020. Since July 2022, he currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc.
From April 2010 to January 2014, Mr. Miller was Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Vivus, Inc., a public biopharmaceutical company. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Miller served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing, leading the HER Family Oncology Franchise, of Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology company and wholly owned subsidiary of Roche Holding Ltd. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Miller served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer of Connetics Corporation, a specialty pharmaceutical company acquired by Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Previously, from 1997 to 2001, Mr. Miller served as Vice President of the Urology Business Unit of ALZA Corporation, a pharmaceutical company acquired by Johnson & Johnson. Prior to 1997, Mr. Miller served 13 years in various sales and marketing positions at Syntex Corporation, a pharmaceutical company acquired by Roche Holding Ltd. He also served as a member of non-profit boards, including the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (Silicon Valley Chapter).
Mr. Miller received a B.S. in Business Administration and Finance from the University of San Francisco and an M.B.A. in Information and Computer Systems from San Francisco State University. Mr. Miller was selected as a director because of his significant experience and background in the life sciences industry.
Mr. Moyes has served on our Board since April 2012. Since March 2020, he has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Sera Prognostics, Inc., a private clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on improving maternal and neonatal health through innovative biomarker approaches, Mr. Moyes has been a member of the board of directors of Achieve Life Sciences, Inc., a public specialty pharmaceutical company, since August 2017 and a member of the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee of Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly held stem cell therapeutics company, since May 2006. He has also been a member of the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee for Biocardia, Inc., a privately held cardiovascular regenerative medicine company, and Integrated Diagnostics, Inc., a privately held molecular diagnostics company, since 2011.
From May 2008 through July 2009, Mr. Moyes served as the Chief Financial Officer of XDx, Inc., a privately held molecular diagnostics company. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Myriad Genetics, Inc., a publicly held healthcare diagnostics company, from June 1996 until his retirement in November 2007, and as its Vice President of Finance from July 1993 until July 2005. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Moyes served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Genmark, Inc., a privately held genetics company. He held various positions with the accounting firm of KPMG LLP from 1979 through 1991, most recently as a Senior Manager. He also served as a member of the Board of trustees of the Utah Life Science Association from 1999 through 2006.
Mr. Moyes holds an MBA from the University of Utah, a B.A. in economics from Weber State University, and is formerly a Certified Public Accountant. He was selected as a director because of his extensive background in finance and accounting in the life sciences industry.
Dr. Senderowicz was appointed as a director of Puma Biotechnology on August 11, 2015. Dr. Senderowicz has been Senior Advisor of Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development of novel tumor-targeted and immuno-oncology therapies, since June 2020 and served as its Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer from July 2017 until June 2020.
Prior to joining Constellation, Dr Senderowicz served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Cerulean Pharma, Inc., a public clinical-stage company developing nano-particle conjugates, from September 2015 to June 2017. Prior to joining Cerulean, Dr. Senderowicz served as Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs from August 2014 to February 2015, and Clinical and Regulatory Strategy Officer from February 2015 to April 2015 of Ignyta, Inc., a public precision oncology biotechnology company.
Previously, Dr. Senderowicz was Vice President, Global Regulatory Oncology at Sanofi, a position he held from September 2013 to August 2014. Prior to Sanofi, he was Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Medical Development at Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from August 2012 to March 2013. From August 2008 to March 2012, he held positions of increasing responsibility, including Senior Medical Director, Oncology Clinical Development, at AstraZeneca. Before his tenure at AstraZeneca, Dr. Senderowicz spent almost four years in a variety of leadership positions at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Division of Oncology Drug Products in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Prior to his work with the FDA, he held a variety of clinical and research positions, including Coordinator of the Prostate Cancer Drug Development Clinic and Investigator and Chief, Molecular Therapeutics Unit, with the National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Senderowicz holds both an M.D. and an Instructor of Pharmacology degree from the School of Medicine at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina. Dr. Senderowicz was selected as a director because of his extensive clinical and regulatory background and his significant experience in the life sciences industry.
Mr. Stuglik was appointed as a director and as a member of the Commercial Committee of Puma Biotechnology on July 5, 2020. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Verastem, Inc. from July 2019 through July 2023 and has served as a member of its Board of Directors since September 2017. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Oncopeptides AB since May 2018.
Mr. Stuglik founded Proventus Health Solutions in January 2016 and has over three decades of experience in U.S. and international pharmaceutical development, product strategy, and commercialization. Prior to founding Proventus Health Solutions, Mr. Stuglik served as the Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for the oncology division of Eli Lilly and Company, from 2009 to December 2015.
Mr. Stuglik received a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Purdue University and holds memberships in the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association of Cancer Research, and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. Mr. Stuglik was selected as a director because of his significant experience and background in the life sciences industry and, in particular, commercialization of pharmaceutical therapies.
Dr. Wilson was appointed as a director and as a member of the Audit Committee of Puma Biotechnology on October 18, 2013. Dr. Wilson has been the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Kura Oncology, Inc., a public reporting clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing personalized therapeutics for the treatment of solid tumors and blood cancers, since August 2014. He has also been the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of managers of Avidity NanoMedicines LLC, a private biopharmaceutical company, since November 2012 and the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of managers of Wellspring Biosciences LLC, a private biopharmaceutical company, since July 2012 and May 2012, respectively.
Dr. Wilson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Intellikine, a private biopharmaceutical company, from April 2007 to January 2012 and from August 2007 to January 2012, respectively. He has also been a member of the board of managers of Araxes Pharma LLC, a private biopharmaceutical company, since May 2012.
Dr. Wilson holds a J.D. from New York University and graduated with a Ph.D. in bioorganic chemistry and a B.A. in biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Wilson was selected as a director because of his background in finance and accounting and his experience in the life sciences industry.