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Glympse Bio: Tracey Dawson

Nov 07, 2019

Glympse Bio, a firm developing non-invasive disease detection and monitoring technology, has named Tracey Dawson as chief commercial officer and head of strategy. Dawson joins Glympse from Biogen, where she was VP of global product development and commercialization for the multiple sclerosis franchise. Prior to that she was group vice president and head of the US genetic disease franchise for Shire. She has also worked for Genentech and Eli Lilly, and holds a PhD in physical organic chemistry from the University of Hull.

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