Jeffery S. Loutit, MBChB
Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Loutit has extensive early and late-stage clinical trial experience in both pulmonary and infectious diseases. Prior to joining Mpex, Dr. Loutit was employed at InterMune, Inc. where since 2001 he held positions of increasing responsibility and most recently was Vice President of Clinical Science. At InterMune he led multiple Phase 1-3 clinical trials, including two global Phase 3 trials for pirfenidone in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In addition, he negotiated pivotal trial designs for pirfenidone with US and European regulatory agencies and led the late stage clinical development of the anti-infective compound oritavancin, which was subsequently successfully out-licensed. Prior to entering industry, Dr. Loutit was Chief of the Infectious Diseases Section, Veterans Administration Health Care System in Palo Alto and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, where he published extensively in the area of infectious disease. He received his medical and microbiology degrees from Otago University in New Zealand and is board certified in the US in both infectious disease and internal medicine.