Medable Inc., the leading cloud platform for patient-centered drug development, announced the hiring of Dr. MaryAnne Rizk as Chief Strategy Officer. Rizk is a veteran leader with more than 20 years of experience managing partnerships and ecosystems to accelerate development across technology (Oracle, Medidata), pharmaceutical (Merck), and clinical research organizations (IQVIA).
Rizk is charged with expanding the company’s global strategic partnerships and innovation ecosystem together with CROs, medical device companies, software and data partners. The partner initiatives will help Medable advance its vision of human-centered research, enabling remote access to clinical trials across geographies to ensure a diverse representation of people from varied economic and racial backgrounds.
“MaryAnne shares our passion to make clinical research more inclusive, enabling global remote access so anyone anywhere can benefit from the latest therapies,” said Dr. Michelle Longmire, CEO and co-founder of Medable. “No one company can do this alone, and we look forward to building deep and long-lasting partnerships to improve and give voice to the patient experience.”
“We’re excited to pursue a series of distinct and complementary partnerships across a network of service, technology, data and sites that further strengthen Medable impact to serve patients,” said Rizk. “The progress Medable has experienced to date has been remarkable, and we believe that thoughtful and strategic partnerships will empower more ways to advance clinical research. I’m thrilled to join Michelle and the Medable team, who are leading the way with true vision and innovation that can help move the industry forward faster.”
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