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Congenica: Heiner Dreismann

Nov 05, 2019

Heiner Dreismann has been appointed as a non-executive director and senior independent director of UK genome analysis firm Congenica. Previously, he was president and CEO of Roche Molecular Systems. He was also head of global business development at Roche Diagnostics and a member of Roche's global diagnostics executive committee. Since leaving Roche, he has been on the board of biotechnology and healthcare companies in the US, Europe, and Israel.

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