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Philippe Goix

Jun 21, 2017

Avant Diagnostics has appointed Philippe Goix as president and CEO. Goix comes to Avant from Prism Health Diagnostics where he served as president, CEO, and co-founder. Before his time at Prism Health, he consulted for several healthcare companies, and has also served as president and CEO of Singulex, and president and CEO of Guava Technologies, now part of Merck Millipore.

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