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Paul Hastings

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CEO at Nkarta, Inc.
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Paul Hastings is a five-time biotech CEO, currently leading Nkarta, a company pioneering natural killer (NK) cell therapies. His extensive career includes leadership roles at OncoMed, QLT, and Genzyme. Colleagues describe him as a respectful, insightful, and positive people manager. He earned his Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from the University of Rhode Island.

Paul is a lifelong patient advocate, a passion fueled by his personal journey with Crohns disease since age 13. He co-founded and chairs Youth Rally, a non-profit supporting teens with bowel and bladder conditions, and is a founding member of Life Sciences to End Gun Violence Epidemic.

His personal experience with a chronic illness directly shapes his professional mission to innovate and improve patient care.

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Experience
36 Years
Current Role
CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Patient Advocacy
His career is deeply rooted in patient advocacy, stemming from his own diagnosis with Crohn's disease. He chairs Youth Rally, a camp for teens with chronic illnesses.
Cell Therapy
As CEO of Nkarta, he leads the development of "off-the-shelf" natural killer (NK) cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases, aiming for safer and more accessible treatments.
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Career

Work history

2-2018
CEO
Nkarta, Inc.
5-2024
Board of Directors
enGene
6-2011
Chair Person of the Board
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
7-1987
Founding Member
The Youth Rally
1-2023
Founding Member
Life Sciences to End Gun Violence Epidemic
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Education
1978 - 1984
BS
University of Rhode Island
1978 - 1984
Bachelor of Science
University of Rhode Island
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