Kinarus appoints Thierry Fumeaux, MD, as Chief Medical Officer

Kinarus, today announced it has appointed Thierry Fumeaux, MD as its Chief Medical Officer. In this new role, Dr Fumeaux will provide leadership and direction to the clinical strategy of the company. He will report to Dr Alexander Bausch, CEO, and will serve on the Senior Management Team.

Dr Fumeaux is a specialist in internal and intensive care medicine, with a long clinical experience as Head of the Intensive Care Unit and the Internal Medicine department of the hospital of Nyon. He was a member of the Swiss National Covid Scientific Task Force, as president of its Clinical Care Expert group. He is also past president of the Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine, from 2018 to 2020.

“Dr Fumeaux’s expertise in intensive care and treatment of Covid-19 will be critical in advancing Kinarus’s clinical programs,” said Dr Bausch. “His proven leadership, as well as his extensive medical and research experience, will strengthen our clinical development efforts and support the progress of our product pipeline especially in Covid-19.”

Dr Fumeaux commented, “I am excited to join Kinarus at this stage of its development! It is a fantastic opportunity for me to use my clinical experience and to participate actively to the development of new therapeutic options that have a potential to significantly improve the patients’ outcome in various diseases including Covid-19.”

Dr Fumeaux has a physician’s diploma from the University of Lausanne, and an MD from the University of Geneva, where he was also adjunct professor. He also holds an MBA from IMD and the University of Lausanne. – PR Newswire