Cellceutix Corporation announced the appointment of Arthur P. Bertolino, MD, PhD, MBA, as President and Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Krishna Menon will continue to serve as Chief Scientific Officer and President of Research at Cellceutix. Dr. Bertolino is a leading pharmaceutical executive with over fifteen years of domestic and international drug development and management experience. Dr. Bertolino's responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, day-to-day operations for all aspects of the company, including pipeline development, cohesion of clinical and business strategies, team building and exploration of partnering opportunities. In his career, Dr. Bertolino held several key positions at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), including Vice President of Dermatology and Vice President & Global Head of Translational Medicine for Dermatology. Dr. Bertolino held positions as Senior Medical Director and Senior Director of Dermatology at Pfizer Inc. Dr. Bertolino served as Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs at Peplin Inc., where he led Phase 2 programs and designed and drove initial Phase 3 programs that contributed to FDA approval of Picato® (ingenol mebutate). Dr. Bertolino also held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Revance Therapeutics, where he, among other responsibilities, supervised all aspects of clinical staff and programs and regulatory affairs.