Vladimir Vexler

Biography

Vladimir Vexler is our Executive Vice President, Analytical and Translational Sciences. Prior to joining Coherus in 2013, Dr. Vexler was Senior Research Leader, Biotherapeutics at Hoffman-La Roche, where he acted as Global scientific leader for nonclinical safety of biotherapeutics and chaired Roche pRED Global Biotherapeutics Safety Team. Prior to that, Dr. Vexler was Director, Translational Medicine at Facet Biotech and Protein Design Labs, where he established and led the Department of Translational Medicine and led biomarker support for several pre-IND and clinical programs including Zynbryta and Empliciti. From 1994 to 2004, he served in multiple positions in Pre-Clinical Development at Protein Design Labs. Dr. Vexler began his career as a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Radiology at UCSF.

Research Interest

Dr. Vexler has numerous peer-review publications in mAb development for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases and cancer. He earned a Ph.D. in Biology from the Institute of Chemical Physics, Academy of Science in Moscow and a M.S., Chemistry/Enzymology from the Moscow State University.