Dragonfly Therapeutics Appoints Cuillerot Chief Medical Officer

Cancer drug developer Dragonfly Therapeutics has appointed Jean-Marie Cuillerot to become its chief medical officer. Cuillerot’s experience in immunotherapy includes posts at Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: [[ticker:BMY]]) and Merck Serono. Last year, Waltham, MA-based Dragonfly landed a partnership with Celgene (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CELG]]) that paid the startup $33 million up front to develop up to four blood cancer drugs.

Author: Frank Vinluan

Xconomy Editor Frank Vinluan is a business journalist with experience covering technology and life sciences. Based in Raleigh, he was a staff writer at the Triangle Business Journal covering technology, biotechnology and energy before joining MedCityNews.com as North Carolina bureau chief. Prior to moving to North Carolina’s Research Triangle in 2007 he held business reporting positions at The Des Moines Register and The Seattle Times.