Peter Lichtlen

Dr. Lichtlen, Chief Medical Advisor at EffRx, previously served as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc (Nasdaq: SCMP) until its $1.2B acquisition by Mallinckrodt in early 2018.

He is also a founder and the CMO at Numab Therapeutics AG in Switzerland. Prior to co-founding Numab Therapeutics AG in 2011, Dr. Lichtlen was the Head of Clinical R&D at ESBATech AG (acquired by Alcon/Novartis in 2009) until the end of 2010. Besides his CMO role at Numab Therapeutics AG and his consultancy role at EffRx, Dr. Lichtlen is also a member of the Board of Directors at Lysogene SA (EN Paris: LYS), a clinical-stage gene therapy company active in the area of rare neurodegenerative diseases.