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Karuna names new CFO and HR head

Plus: Freeman joins Zentalis as chief strategy officer, and updates from Complement, NIH, Acelyrin and more

August 4, 2023 12:00 AM UTC

Neurological disease company Karuna Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:KRTX) hired Jonathan Rosin as chief human resource officer (CHRO) and promoted Jason Brown to CFO from SVP, finance. Rosin was CHRO at Wave Life Sciences Ltd. (NASDAQ:WVE) and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:IRWD). Brown succeeds Troy Ignelzi, who will remain at the company through the end of the third quarter. 

Oncology company Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ZNTL) hired Kimberly Freeman as chief strategy officer. Freeman, an 11-year veteran of GSK plc (LSE:GSK; NYSE:GSK), was most recently VP, U.S. head of DNA damage response franchise, oncology at AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN; NASDAQ:AZN)...