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RenovoRx Appoints Leesa Gentry as Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations
Ms. Gentry, an Industry Expert in Clinical Trials Management, Adds Valuable Leadership Experience to Advance Studies in Cancer Treatment LOS ALTOS,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nMs. Gentry, an Industry Expert in Clinical Trials Management, Adds Valuable Leadership Experience to Advance Studies in Cancer Treatment\n\n\n LOS ALTOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nRenovoRx, Inc. (“RenovoRx” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: RNXT), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the localized treatment of solid tumors, announced today that Leesa Gentry has joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations. Ms. Gentry, an industry expert in clinical trials management, brings the RenovoRx team valuable leadership experience to further advance studies in cancer treatment. In the past year, Ms. Gentry is the fourth addition to the Company’s executive management team following COO, Angela Gill Nelms, CFO, James Ahlers, and Vice President and Controller, Ron Kocak.\n\n\nMs. Gentry brings 29 years of experience focused on improving clinical research programs in Contract Research Organization (CRO), pharmaceutical, and biotech industries. Past employers include IQVIA (Quintiles), PPD, OmnicareCR and Otsuka. Prior to RenovoRx, she was Senior Vice President (SVP) of Clinical Operations at Evotec. (NASDAQ: EVO). At PPD, Ms. Gentry was Global Project Manager and Senior Research Specialist for Clinical Systems where her team developed one of the pharmaceutical industry’s first clinical trial management systems.\n\n\nAt Omnicare, Ms. Gentry grew the clinical research site network within long-term care; her work was featured in the Good Clinical Practice Journal. During her tenure at Otsuka, Ms. Gentry developed novel methods for improved, streamlined trial implementation in clinical operations, data management and third-party collaboration. Her work on registration trial implementation within resource-constrained environments was featured in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.\n\n\n“Leesa is an outstanding clinical operations leader with decades of diverse experience that will make an immediate impact to enhance our clinical trials,” said RenovoRx CEO, Shaun Bagai. “As we continue to build momentum on the heels of our positive, Phase III interim analysis data in pancreatic cancer treatment, we will look to her guidance to enhance our current and future trials. We are confident in Leesa’s track record for successful regulatory submissions, late-stage trial preparation, and clinical execution. She will be invaluab...