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Arcensus: Shivendra Kishore

Jun 20, 2023

GenomeWeb has learned that clinical genetic testing startup Arcensus has hired Shivendra Kishore as CEO, replacing founding CEO Arndt Rolfs. Kishore, who started in February, came to the German company from Mimamsia, a genetic data analysis and interpretation startup that he founded and served as managing director of. Kishore previously was an executive at Centogene, a company Rolfs also founded and led.

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