Carlo Russo, M.D. joins Genenta Science as Chief Medical Officer
Milan (Italy), Jan. 19, 2017. Genenta Science, a biotech company focused on hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy for tumor treatment, today announced that Carlo Russo, M.D. is joining the company as Chief Medical Officer.
Dr. Russo comes to Genenta from Adverum Biotechnologies, where he served as Chief Medical Officer. Previously, Dr. Russo held Senior Vice President roles at GSK, including: Founder and Manager of the Alternative Development Program, Head of the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Development Center, Founder and Head of Development of the Biopharm Unit, and most recently the Head of R&D for the Rare Disease Unit. Prior joining GSK, Dr. Russo was the President & CEO of Vaxinnate, a vaccine biotech startup, and before that he held senior roles in the Regulatory Department of Merck Vaccine & Biologics.
Dr. Russo earned his doctorate degree in Medicine and Board Certification in Hematology at the University of Genoa Medical School. Dr. Russo’s academic appointments include: A Postdoctoral fellowship at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, assistant professorship at the Columbia University, College Physicians and Surgeons, and Associate Professorship at the Cornell University Medical and Graduate Schools.
“Carlo has worked together with Prof Luigi Naldini, Genenta’s co-founder, and with the clinical team of San Raffaele Hospital (OSR) along the GSK SR-TIGET Alliance on rare diseases. And contributed to the marketing authorization of the first ever ex-vivo gene therapy” said Pierluigi Paracchi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We see a great scientific and clinical potential in this reunion, we see the opportunity to reach the same outstanding results”.
“I am delight to join Genenta Science” said Dr. Russo. “It is an exciting and unique opportunity to contribute to the development of novel gene therapy products for patients with significant unmet medical need”.