Exelixis stunned by death of Chief Medical Officer Schwab, sales lead Berndt

Oncology biotech Exelixis is mourning the deaths of two key members of its company after losing its sales leader and CMO in the same week. 

Gisela Schwab, M.D., the company’s president for product development and medical affairs and chief medical officer, “passed away over the weekend,” the company said. Exelixis did not note a cause of death.

This came just a week after Jon Berndt, its senior vice president of sales, passed away last Wednesday “following a lengthy battle with cancer.”