Chief executive of Array BioPharma resigns

Chairman Kyle Lefkoff will lead effort to replace Robert Conway

Robert Conway has resigned as chief executive of Array BioPharma, a US biotechnology company, for personal reasons. The board has appointed chairman Kyle Lefkoff to serve as executive chairman to oversee the company in the interim and lead the effort to identify a new chief executive.

Lefkoff said he will work with the Array management team to ensure a smooth transition and continued advancement of the company’s multiple clinical programmes in cancer and inflammation and supporting our many partnered programmes.

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