FibroGen Inc. said its board appointed Enrique Conterno as CEO, replacing Jim Schoeneck.

Schoeneck became FibroGen's interim CEO after Thomas Neff, the company's chairman, founder and CEO, died in August 2019.

Conterno previously was the senior vice president at Eli Lilly and Co. and retired from the pharmaceutical giant at the end of 2019.

San Francisco-based FibroGen discovers, develops and commercializes treatments for chronic and life-threatening conditions such as anemia, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and pancreatic cancer.