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ChemoCentryx Appoints Rita I. Jain, M.D. as Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Appointment Brings More than 20 Years of Drug Development Experience as Company Launches First Product SAN CARLOS, Calif., Oct. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
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[{"type":"text","content":"Appointment Brings More than 20 Years of Drug Development Experience as Company Launches First Product SAN CARLOS, Calif., Oct. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChemoCentryx, Inc., (Nasdaq: CCXI), today announced the appointment of Rita I. Jain, M.D., as Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer. In this role, she will oversee development activities including clinical development, development operations, regulatory affairs, and drug safety and pharmacovigilance. Dr. Jain will continue to serve on the ChemoCentryx board of directors (where she has served since March of 2019) as an executive employee director. Dr. Jain, a board-certified rheumatologist, brings more than 20 years of drug development experience leading multiple global programs across early and late stages of development. \"Today we bolster our strength as an organization - and across a range of extremely important therapeutic areas - by bringing Rita Jain to the ChemoCentryx leadership team,” said Thomas J. Schall, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of ChemoCentryx. “We welcome her; we cite her impressive track record in drug development with years of experience in leading highly innovative programs. All of these qualities, combined with her dedication to making a fundamental difference in patients’ lives, are a perfect complement to our ChemoCentryx mission.” “Through my role on ChemoCentryx’s Board of Directors I’ve seen firsthand the value of the science and promise of the company’s pipeline. I’m excited to now join the leadership team and play a larger role in driving these assets forward, particularly at such a transformational time,” said Dr. Jain. “I am impressed with the company’s successful execution to date and look forward to supporting its future achievements.” Dr Jain previously served as Chief Medical officer of Immunovant, Inc. and prior to that Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. Before joining Akebia, Dr. Jain was Vice President of Men's and Women's Health and Metabolic Development at AbbVie, Inc., and prior to that served in various leadership roles including Divisional Vice President at Abbott Laboratories. Dr. Jain led the design and execution of multiple late-stage programs, including for Orilissa® and Oriahnn®. She has also led programs across a diverse set of therapeutic areas including infl...