Genprex Appoints Shannon Inman as Vice President of Global Clinical Operations

Genprex, Inc. (“Genprex” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing potentially life-changing technologies for patients with cancer and diabetes, today announced the appointment of Shannon Inman as Vice President of Global Clinical Operations. In this new position, Ms. Inman will lead in defining clinical developmental strategies, clinical protocol design, study conduct, and managing risk assessment. These clinical trials include those with the Company's lead drug candidate, Oncoprex, for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which recently received Fast Track Designation for its combination with osimertinib, AstraZeneca’s first-line targeted EGFR TKI drug Tagrisso.

"Genprex continues to strengthen its leadership team with the appointment of an accomplished executive to drive the launch of key clinical trials," said Rodney Varner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Genprex. "Ms. Inman brings a wealth of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, having successfully directed a number of development programs in both large and small biotechnology companies and top tier academic institutions. She will be instrumental in continuing to build the long-term value of our gene therapies. With the addition of our second investigational gene therapy asset addressing the unmet medical need of people suffering from diabetes, I'm excited about building the necessary infrastructure to facilitate our growth."

Prior to Genprex, Ms. Inman served in several clinical operations positions, most recently as Vice President of Global Clinical Operations at Cell Medica (now Kuur Therapeutics), providing strategic and operational leadership for gene and cell therapy clinical-stage programs, overseeing global clinical operations teams and multi-center global clinical trials targeting various oncology indications. Before that, Ms. Inman held positions of increasing responsibility at Opexa Therapeutics, focusing on T-cell therapies. She has also held various positions at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Cell and Gene Therapy working in regulatory, project management, and data management roles since the department’s inception.