About

Mr. Luci is a co-founder of Acurx Pharmaceuticals and has served as its President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director since February 2018. Previously he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Dipexium Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: DPRX), an antibiotic-focused pharmaceutical company, from February 2010 until its April 2017 sale to PLx Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq: PLXP) in a merger valued at $69.0 million. From 2009 to 2010 he served on the board of Abeona Therapeutics, where he chaired the Audit and Compensation Committees, and from 2007 to 2009 he was a director and President of MacroChem. Earlier he was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Bioenvision, Inc. He began his career as a certified public accountant with Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young) and later practiced corporate law at Paul Hastings LLP. Mr. Luci holds a B.S. in Business Administration (Accounting) from Bucknell University and a J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University, and is a member of the New York State Bar Association.

Roles

Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Director · Current role
February 2018–present
Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
2018 - present
Dipexium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
President & Chief Executive Officer
2010 - 2017
MacroChem Corporation
Director & President
2007 - 2009
Bioenvision, Inc.
EVP, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Paul Hastings LLP
Corporate Attorney
Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young LLP)
Certified Public Accountant, Healthcare Practice Group

External Roles

Abeona Therapeutics, Inc.
Director (Audit & Compensation Committee Chair)
2009 - 2010
Digital Prime Technologies
Chairman
present

Fixed Compensation

FY 2024
Salary
$537,508
ComponentAnnual base salary earned in 2024
Total compensation
$1,431,383

Performance Compensation

Data from FY 2024

Cash incentive

Bonus
$249,375
Target Opportunity
PlanAnnual performance-based cash bonus

Stock awards

Option awards
$644,500
FormStock options, ASC 718 grant-date fair value

Also at Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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