ACELYRIN, INC. announced the appointment of Ken Lock as Chief Commercial Officer, effectively immediately. Mr. Lock will report to Founder and Chief Executive Officer Shao-Lee Lin, MD, PhD and will serve on the Company?s Senior Leadership Team. Mr. Lock brings to ACELYRIN leading experience in the Dermatology and Rheumatology therapeutic areas, having most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer at Arcutis Biotherapeutics.

There, he built and led a team of more than 130 people and was responsible for the commercial planning, organization and capability build, brand development, market access strategy and launch of Zoryve®, a treatment for plaque psoriasis. Prior to that, Mr. Lock held sales and marketing roles of increasing responsibility in the U.S. and globally at Gilead Sciences, Amgen and Wyeth (now Pfizer). Mr. Lock holds a dual BS and BA in Biochemistry/Cell Biology and Psychology from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA from Cornell University.