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IDEAYA Biosciences Announces Addition of Julie Patel as Vice President, Human Resources, Enhancing its Leadership Team
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:IDYA), an oncology-focused precision medicine company committed
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[{"type":"text","content":"SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:IDYA), an oncology-focused precision medicine company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics for patient populations selected using molecular diagnostics, announced that Julie Patel has joined the company as Vice President, Human Resources. Ms. Patel will join the IDEAYA leadership team and will have broad functional responsibilities for human resources within the company. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"We are thrilled to have Julie join our leadership team at IDEAYA. Julie has extensive experience as a human resources professional at world-class biopharmaceutical companies. Her leadership will guide our efforts to enhance our team as we continue to expand our capabilities and advance our programs – toward our goal of building a leading synthetic lethality biopharmaceutical company,\" said Yujiro S. Hata, Chief Executive Officer and President at IDEAYA Biosciences. \nMs. Patel previously served as a human resources leader in various life science companies. Most recently at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, she was Senior Director, HR Business Partners for US Commercial, Legal and Compliance, and held several earlier roles, including as Director, Global Leadership and Development. Prior to Jazz, Ms. Patel was Senior Director, Strategic HR, Global Development at Elan Pharmaceuticals. Ms. Patel also worked earlier in her career at Johnson & Johnson companies, Scios and ALZA, and at an Eli Lilly company, IVAC.\n\"I am ecstatic to join the IDEAYA team, and to support its efforts to build a leading precision medicine oncology company. The company's programs enable a unique opportunity to pursue its vision of improving patients' lives through transformative precision medicines,\" said Ms. Patel.\nAbout IDEAYA BiosciencesIDEAYA is an oncology-focused precision medicine company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics for patient populations selected using molecular diagnostics. IDEAYA's approach integrates capabilities in identifying and validating translational biomarkers with small molecule drug discovery to select patient populations most likely to benefit from the targeted therapies IDEAYA is developing. IDEAYA is applying these capabilities across multiple classes of precision medicine, including di...