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Sabeen Mekan

Questioner · DISC type c
Senior Vice President at Zymeworks Inc.
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Sabeen Mekan is the Chief Medical Officer at Zymeworks Inc. , leveraging extensive experience in oncology from leadership roles at Gilead Sciences, Daiichi Sankyo, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. A graduate of Aga Khan University, she specializes in late-stage clinical development and has led global lung and GI cancer drug franchises.

Her career demonstrates a consistent focus on advancing oncology research and development across multiple high-profile pharmaceutical organizations.

She has a specialized background in Hematology/Oncology from her fellowship at Northwell Health.

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Current Role
Senior Vice President
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Sabeen shows up

Cautious & Analytical
Systematic
Price-Sensitive

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. They prefer to do thorough analysis of any situation. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Priorities

Topics Sabeen cares about

Oncology Drug Development
Her entire career has been dedicated to oncology clinical research and development at leading pharmaceutical companies like Gilead Sciences and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Building Clinical Teams
She is actively and publicly recruiting qualified individuals for her growing clinical and biostatistics teams at Zymeworks.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Senior Vice President
Zymeworks Inc.
4-2021 - 4-2025
Executive Director, Global Development Lead Lung/GI Franchise
Gilead Sciences
4-2019 - 4-2021
Senior Medical Director Oncology R & D
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
7-2016 - 4-2019
Medical Director- Oncology Clinical Development
Bristol-Myers Squibb
1-2015 - 7-2016
Medical Director
PAREXEL International
In the press

Media appearances

Zymeworks Inc. Appoints Dr. Sabeen Mekan as Senior Vice President .... Featured in Nasdaq
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Sabeen Mekan - ZYME | Zymeworks Inc. - Wall Street Journal. Featured in Wall Street Journal
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Education
Medicine
Aga Khan University
Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
North Shore LIJ (now Northwell Health)
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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