Acer Therapeutics Inc. announced that it has appointed Dr. Usman Iqbal as Vice President, Medical Affairs and Ms. Nancy Duarte-Lonnroth as Vice President, Quality. Iqbal joined Acer as Vice President, Medical Affairs in July 2018. Dr. Iqbal is a medical executive with a portfolio career entailing 15 years of diverse experience spanning Medical Affairs and end-to-end evidence and value development, across both large and small cap biopharmaceuticals. His experience spans a number of therapeutic areas including in Neuroscience, as Senior Medical Affairs Leader at AstraZeneca, and in Oncology, as former Head of Sanofi Oncology, Global Evidence & Value Development (GEVD). Lonnroth joined Acer as Vice President, Quality in May 2018. She brings more than 20 years of experience implementing, improving and directing Quality initiatives in highly regulated global life science companies. Ms. Lonnroth is a subject matter expert in Quality Assurance (QA) /Quality Control (QC) and Quality Management Systems (QMS) and has successfully hosted several FDA and other agency inspections and customer/partner audits. Prior to Acer, she has held leadership positions in Commercial and Pre-Commercial Quality at companies including AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Celestica, Acusphere, Histogenics, Stryker Biotech and Alkermes.