Veracyte Announces Appointment of Brent Shafer and Tom Miller, Ph.D., to Its Board

New Veracyte board members Brent Shafer (Left), and Tom Miller, Ph.D. (Right) (Photo: Business Wire)

Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT), a leading cancer diagnostics company, recently announced the appointment of Brent Shafer and Tom Miller, Ph.D., to its board of directors, effective immediately. “We are thrilled to welcome Brent and Tom to our board,” said Marc Stapley, Veracyte’s chief executive officer. “They are both seasoned business leaders with extensive healthcare industry […]

Kaneka Inaugurates Its Medical Device Plant Construction in Tomatoh, Hokkaido

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Kaneka Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Kazuhiko Fujii) (TOKYO:4118) opened its Tomatoh Manufacturing Site in the Tomakomai Tobu Area of Hokkaido for the purpose of portfolio transformation and business expansion and held the opening ceremony on August 26. The Tomatoh Manufacturing Site is the seventh domestic business location for the company and the first new one […]

Veracyte welcomes Marie-Claire Taine as General Manager IVD Business Unit

Marie-Claire Taine, Ph.D., as General Manager, Veracyte

Veracyte, Inc. announced that Marie-Claire Taine, Ph.D., will join Veracyte as general manager of the company’s in vitro diagnostics (IVD) Business Unit, based in Marseille, France. She will lead the global expansion of Veracyte’s tests and will also serve as site lead for the company’s Marseille operations. Dr. Taine is a highly credentialed commercial operations leader with […]

Alio appoints Adarsh Parekh as Chief Financial Officer

Alio, Inc., a medical technology company reinventing the management of chronic disease, announced its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Adarsh Parekh, in addition to a few other key leadership hires. He served as Alio’s Vice President of Finance for the past year, helping to further reinforce the company’s trajectory, strategic planning, and aid in the […]

Embolx signs International Distribution Agreement with Cardiva Italia

Embolx, Inc. – a medical device company developing microcatheters for arterial embolization procedures, today announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Cardiva Italia SRL. The partnership is expected to add great value to Embolx’s impressive network of distribution partners across Europe. Cardiva Italia will distribute both the Sniper Balloon Occlusion Microcatheter and the Soldier 2.0 […]