Gerrit Dispersyn

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corp.

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Dr. Gerrit Dispersyn was appointed chief development officer in April 2017. Dr. Dispersyn is an accomplished leader in clinical, product and business development. He most recently served as the Vice President, Global Head of Clinical Affairs at Integra LifeSciences Corporation. In this role, Dispersyn was responsible for Integra's global strategy and execution of clinical development, clinical operations and medical affairs projects and a member of Integra's Senior Management Leadership team, and several of the company’s core teams for M&A projects. Prior to his tenure at Integra, he was the Vice President, Product Development & Portfolio Management for Barrier Therapeutics Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of products in the field of dermatology. The company was a spin-out of Johnson & Johnson, and currently part of GlaxoSmithKline. Dr. Dispersyn holds a Dr. Med. Sc. (Ph.D. in Medical Sciences), from the Faculty of Medicine, Maastricht University, the Netherlands, a post-graduate degree in Biomedical Imaging, and a M.Sc. in Biochemistry, both from the University of Antwerp, Belgium.



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