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Xilio Therapeutics Appoints Stacey Davis as Chief Business Officer
WALTHAM, Mass., May 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xilio Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLO), a biotechnology company developing tumor-selective immuno-oncology
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[{"type":"text","content":"WALTHAM, Mass., May 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xilio Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLO), a biotechnology company developing tumor-selective immuno-oncology therapies for people living with cancer, today announced that Stacey Davis has been appointed as chief business officer to further the company’s corporate and business development strategy that will be central to its next stage of growth. “As an accomplished life science leader, Stacey brings significant strategic business experience building successful portfolios in oncology and immunology with an in-depth knowledge of the real-world patient and physician experience,” said René Russo, Pharm.D., president and chief executive officer of Xilio. “Her broad operational and business development experience coupled with her proven track record of leading organizations through critical development and corporate milestones, will be invaluable as we advance our pipeline and prepare for preliminary clinical data readouts anticipated later this year.” “Xilio has made impressive progress in a short amount of time, leveraging its geographically precise solutions (GPS) platform to advance two novel tumor-selective immunotherapies into the clinic with another IND submission planned for the second half of this year,” said Ms. Davis. “I look forward to being part of the company’s evolution as we develop a diverse pipeline of transformative therapies that aim to significantly improve outcomes for people living with cancer.” Ms. Davis brings 25 years of experience in entrepreneurial roles building teams and leading corporate and portfolio strategy. She joins Xilio from Novartis Oncology (Novartis), and most recently served as vice president, lung and immuno-oncology franchise, U.S. Oncology. In this role, she led the launch of TABRECTA® (capmatinib) in advanced, non-small cell lung cancer and was responsible for building out Novartis’ lung cancer franchise, including broadening the targeted therapies portfolio, in-licensing and launch preparation for tislelizumab, an anti PD-1, and launch preparation for canakinumab, a novel anti-IL-1B. Prior to Novartis, Ms. Davis served as senior vice president and general manager at Prominex, Inc., a start-up incubated through Roka Biosciences by NEA, Orbimed and TPG. Ms. Davis also held roles of increasing responsibility throughout a decade at Johnson & John...