Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointments of James Wooldridge, MD, as Chief Medical Officer and Steven Hamburger, PhD, as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. Dr. Wooldridge has more than 20 years of drug development experience in academia and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. He will have responsibility for overall clinical strategy and medical affairs, including regulatory activities and submissions, which will be led by Dr. Hamburger. Prior to joining Checkmate, Dr. Wooldridge served as Chief Medical Officer at Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc., where he oversaw development programs in oncology and rare genetic diseases. Dr. Hamburger was most recently Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance at Tarveda Therapeutics, Inc. During his career, he has led global regulatory and quality efforts for both emerging biotechnology and large pharmaceutical companies including Baxalta, Castle Creek Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc., Immunomedics, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Millennium/Takeda, Savient Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly.