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Lloyd Sanders

Mar 27, 2019

Epic Sciences has appointed Lloyd Sanders as president and CEO. He will be replacing Murali Prahalad, who is stepping down and has been appointed to the board of directors. Sanders joins the firm with 20 years of diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry experience. He previously served as president of Myriad Genetics' oncology segment. Prior to Myriad, Sanders served as chief operating officer at Dey Pharma. Before Dey Pharma, Sanders worked at Genta, where he acted as VP of marketing and later COO.

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