MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Durata Therapeutics (NASDAQ: DRTX) today announced that, as contemplated by the prospectus related to the company’s initial public offering, the company’s board of directors appointed a new independent director to the board to replace one of the company’s existing directors who is transitioning off the board. The board has appointed Lisa Giles, CEO & President of Giles & Associates and former Vice President of Strategy and Development at G.D. Searle & Company, as an independent director, effective August 3, 2012. Ms. Giles is replacing George F. Horner, III, who will be transitioning off of Durata’s board of directors, also effective August 3.
