Xilio Therapeutics, Inc. announced the promotion of Katarina Luptakova, M.D., to the role of chief medical officer and Scott Coleman, Ph.D., to the role of chief development officer, each effective as of September 5, 2023. Dr. Luptakova will succeed Martin Huber, M.D., who has served as the company?s chief medical officer since 2020 and as president and head of research and development since 2022. Dr. Huber will leave the company this month to pursue a chief executive officer opportunity and will remain an advisor to Xilio.

Dr. Luptakova, a hematologist and oncologist, has 20 years of experience in clinical practice and oncology drug development and most recently served as Xilio?s senior vice president, medical since October 2022. Prior to joining Xilio as vice president, clinical research in December 2021, Dr. Luptakova served as vice president, clinical development at Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to that, Dr. Luptakova served as senior medical director and clinical lead at Tesaro, Inc., where she contributed to the successful development and commercialization of multiple cancer therapies, including Zejula® (niraparib) and Blenrep® (belantamab mafodotin-blmf). Earlier in her career, Dr. Luptakova held roles of increasing responsibility at Takeda Oncology and was an attending physician in the bone marrow transplant and malignant hematology division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Dr. Coleman most recently served as Xilio?s senior vice president, nonclinical development and has over 25 years of experience in biotechnology and drug development, including contributing to the successful development and approval of multiple therapies across a broad range of therapeutic areas, including oncology. Prior to joining Xilio in June 2022, Dr. Coleman served as vice president, nonclinical development at Acceleron Pharma Inc., where he contributed to the development of sotatercept. Previously, Dr. Coleman served in senior scientific roles at Spero Therapeutics, Merck, Cubist Pharmaceuticals and Millennium Pharmaceuticals.