Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints Ryan Lynch as the Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on developing CTP-543, a Janus Kinase 1 and Janus Kinase 2 (JAK 1/2) inhibitor that discovered through deuterated chemical entity Platform (DCE platform). The Company is evaluating CTP-543 in a Phase III clinical program for the treatment of alopecia areata, a serious autoimmune dermatological condition. Through DCE Platform, the Company has discovered and developed novel drugs designed to have properties, including enhanced clinical safety, tolerability or efficacy based on compounds. DCE technology has range of potential across numerous therapeutic areas, including for chronic diseases for which medicines are continually used by patients. The Company is assessing earlier-stage pipeline candidates as potential development candidates, including a once-daily, modified release formulation of CTP-543.