UNIVERSITY PARK, Fla., Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lakewood-Amedex Inc., a privately held, clinical-stage pharmaceutical discovery and development company advancing a broad portfolio of first-in-class antimicrobial and antifungal therapeutics called Bisphosphocins™, today announced that Peter B. Corr, Ph.D., who has served as board chairman since 2020, was named Executive Chairman and will assume the strategic responsibilities of former CEO Steve Parkinson who left the company at the request of the Board. Dr. Corr is the Co-founder and Managing General Partner of Auven Therapeutics Management LLLP. He retired from Pfizer Inc. in 2006 where he was Senior Vice President for Science and Technology, in addition to leading worldwide pharmaceutical research and development for Pfizer. Previously, Dr. Corr served as Executive Vice President, Pfizer Global Research & Development and President, Pfizer Worldwide Development. His full CV is on the Lakewood-Amedex website https://lakewoodamedex.com/about-us/board/