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Sarepta Therapeutics Announces Appointment of Catherine Stehman-Breen, M.D., M.S. as Chief Medical Officer
04/03/17 8:32 AM EDT
Dr. Stehman-Breen joins Sarepta after having served as vice president, clinical development and regulatory affairs at
“I deeply admire Sarepta’s profound commitment to improving the lives of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the exciting and innovative PMO and PPMO platform that is being harnessed to achieve this goal,” said Dr. Stehman-Breen. “I am excited to join the company at a time when it is rapidly building and look forward to working closely with the internal team and external collaborators as we seek to develop and commercialize novel therapies that address this significant unmet medical need.”
“We are thrilled to have Dr. Stehman-Breen join Sarepta and our mission to develop treatments for boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy,” said
Dr. Stehman-Breen earned her M.D. from the
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