Thomas Hughes, Ph.D., has left Zafgen to become CEO at mTORC1 startup Navitor Pharmaceuticals. Hughes helmed Zafgen through a turbulent time in which it abandoned its lead candidate after patients died in a phase 3 study.
Navitor Pharmaceuticals announced the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical study with its lead pipeline candidate, NV-5138, for treatment-resistant depression (TRD).