Edgewise Therapeutics
Kevin Koch, Ph.D., has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since 2017. Since 2016, he has also served as a Venture Partner with OrbiMed. Dr. Koch has been active in the life science industry for 20+ years with a focus on drug discovery, translational medicine and clinical development. Most recently, Dr. Koch was the Senior Vice President of Drug Discovery: Chemical and Molecular Therapeutics at Biogen where he managed global drug discovery and biomarker development as well as the immunology and hematology teams. From 1998 to 2013, Dr. Koch served as the President, Chief Scientific Officer, Board member and Co-Founder of Array BioPharma Inc. While there, he built a fully integrated R&D team that oversaw the invention of over 20 clinical development candidates in the multiple therapeutic areas. Prior to Array, Dr. Koch held senior positions at Amgen Inc. and Pfizer Central Research. Dr. Koch received a B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry from State University of New York, Stony Brook, and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from University of Rochester.
Edgewise Therapeutics
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Edgewise Therapeutics is a biotechnology company harnessing proven expertise and understanding of skeletal muscle physiology to develop novel, transformative therapies for serious muscle diseases. Based in Boulder, Colorado, we have built a state-of-the-art muscle research facility to capitalize on new insights into the nature and consequences of muscle adaptation and injury with disease. Edgewise recently closed it’s Series B financing round which will support the advancement of Edgewise Therapeutic’s lead product candidate into clinical development for Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy (DMD and BMD) as well as expansion of the company’s pipeline. The company’s leadership team has founded multiple biotechnology startups, several of which have gone on to become publicly-traded companies and brings to bear a depth of experience in drug discovery, development and commercialization.