Repare Therapeutics Appoints Maria Koehler Chief Medical Officer

Maria Koehler has been appointed executive vice president and chief medical officer of Repare Therapeutics. Koehler comes to Repare from Bicycle Therapeutics, where she was CMO. Her experience also includes senior roles at Pfizer (NYSE: [[ticker:PFE]]). In other moves, former Avrobio chief financial officer Katrina Dorton was appointed executive vice president and CFO of Repare. The company, which splits its operations between Cambridge, MA, and Montreal, is developing cancer drugs based on the concept of “synthetic lethality.”

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.