VC-backed Jounce Therapeutics names new CEO
Jounce Therapeutics, which is backed by Third Rock Ventures, has hired Dr. Richard Murray as CEO. Murray is replacing interim CEO Dr. Cary Pfeffer, a partner at Third Rock Ventures, who will become chairman of Jounce’s board of directors. Previously, Murray worked at Merck where he recently served as senior vice president of biologics and vaccines research and was a member of the Merck Research Laboratories leadership team. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Jounce Therapeutics is focused on discovering and developing cancer immunotherapies.
10 July 2014•3 mins read
