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Went Leaves CuraGen for COO Position at Kiva

Jan 28, 2000
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OUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Gregory Went, a cofounder and executive vice-president of CuraGen, has taken the position of chief operating officer at Kiva Genetics, a privately held company founded here in 1998 that develops large-scale clinical genetics applications.

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