Adaptive Biotechnologies: Mark Adams, Nancy Hill
Adaptive Biotechnologies has appointed Mark Adams as chief operating officer effective Jan. 25, 2021. Adams, 53, joined Adaptive in April 2020 as chief technical officer.
Adams holds a PhD in cell biology from Baylor College of Medicine and completed his postdoc in computational biology at Boston University.
On Jan. 21, 2021, Adaptive and Nancy Hill, the firm's executive VP of operations and program management, agreed that her tenure will be terminated, effective March 2, 2021. Hill's termination is not the result of any material disagreement with the company regarding its operations, policies, or practices, Adaptive said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Becton Dickinson: Tom Polen, Vincent Forlenza
Becton Dickinson has named CEO Tom Polen as chairman of the board of directors, effective April 28, 2021. Polen will succeed Vincent Forlenza, who will retire from BD at that time.
Seven Bridges: Viresh Patel
Seven Bridges has named Viresh Patel senior VP of marketing. Patel, who holds a PhD in immunology, previously had been senior director of global marketing for the genomics business of Agilent Technologies. Before that, he had several roles in a 15-year career at Bio-Rad Laboratories.
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