Lumos Pharma promotes Pisit Pitukcheewanont, MD to CMO, effective January 1

Lumos Pharma has promoted Pisit “Duke” Pitukcheewanont, MD, known also as Dr. Duke, to the position of Chief Medical Officer CMO , effective January 1. In this role, Dr. Pitukcheewanont will provide his leadership in Lumos Pharma’s efforts to hone its clinical and regulatory strategy, and he will continue to oversee medical affairs as the Company prepares to initiate its pivotal Phase 3 trial evaluating the efficacy of oral LUM-201 in treating moderate pediatric growth hormone deficiency PGHD . “Dr. Duke has extensive experience in clinical development and medical affairs related to the advancement of novel therapeutics for growth disorders. In his recent role, he was instrumental in both the expeditious enrollment of Lumos Pharma’s Phase 2 trials evaluating LUM-201 for moderate PGHD and the timely analysis and release of topline data from these trials,” said Rick Hawkins, Chairman and CEO. “Dr. Duke’s impressive academic tenure at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Children Hospital Los Angeles and his over 12-year presidency at the Human Growth Foundation underscore his ability to engage with an extensive network of endocrinologists and disseminate advanced approaches for treating growth disorders within this community. In his role as Lumos Pharma’s CMO, Dr. Duke is expected to significantly bolster the advancement of our clinical programs.”