Aridis Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced the appointment of Alan H. Cohen, MD, FAAP, FCCP, FAAAAI, FACAAI, as Senior Vice President of Clinical & Medical Affairs. Dr. Cohen has served as a Medical Consultant and Advisor to Aridis for more than 10 years, leveraging his extensive industry experience in clinical development and product planning. Dr. Alan Cohen is a board-certified pediatric pulmonologist with more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, platform presentations and book chapters in his areas of expertise, including pulmonary disorders such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), cystic fibrosis (CF), premature lung disease, asthma, lung transplantation as well as respiratory infectious diseases – including bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens. He also has extensive industry experience in clinical development and product planning. He was most recently Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer of Therabron Therapeutics, a biotech company focused on secretoglobin biology in respiratory disorders. Previously, he was Chief Medical Officer at Eddingpharm. He served as Executive Director of Clinical Development & Medical Affairs at Boehringer Ingelheim, focusing on respiratory drug development in IPF, COPD and asthma.