CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Moderna Therapeutics, which is developing a new platform designed to spur the body to create its own therapeutic proteins to treat a wide range of diseases, announced today that Stephen Hoge, MD, currently a partner at McKinsey & Company, will join the company as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and New Drug Concepts on January 1st, 2013. In this newly created role, Dr.

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