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ERS Genomics: Jon Kratochvil

Mar 01, 2021

ERS Genomics has appointed Jon Kratochvil as vice president for business development and licensing for North America. Kratochvil previously served as director of business development and licensing at MilliporeSigma, where he was responsible for global development opportunities for the company's gene editing and novel modalities technologies. He has also previously served as business development director for Washington University, and as licensing manager and competitive intelligence analyst for Abbott Laboratories' diagnostics division.

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