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People in the News: Gregory Arnsdorff, Nefertiti Greene, Brian Miller, Rick Brajer, Stephen Stamp

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AdvaMedDx, a division of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, announced the election of several new members to its board of directors. The new board members are: Gregory Arnsdorff, VP of Abbott Laboratories and president of Abbott Point of Care; Nefertiti Greene, VP of US diabetes care at Bayer HealthCare Diabetes Care; Brian Miller, managing partner at Linden Capital Partners; and Rick Brajer, president and CEO of LipoScience.


AssureRx Health has appointed Stephen Stamp as its senior VP and CFO and Jeffrey Bush as if VP of payor markets and reimbursement. Stamp comes to AssureRx from EZCorp, where he was CFO. Bush joins AssureRx from Becton, Dickinson and Company, where he served as senior director of reimbursement strategy and payment policy.

According to the AssureRx, the new appointments come as demand for its GeneSight pharmacogenomic testing service is increasing.

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