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Seegene: Glen Hansen

Mar 17, 2022

Seegene has appointed Glen Hansen as head of scientific and medical affairs of Seegene Technologies, the firm's US subsidiary. Hansen will provide clinical input to new product development and provide product and disease knowledge to targeted medical and scientific thought leaders. Hansen previously served as medical director of the microbiology and molecular diagnostics laboratory at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota School of Medicine.

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