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Talis Biomedical: Roger Moody, Kim Popovits, Walter Koch

Jul 31, 2020

Talis Biomedical has named Roger Moody as CFO, while Kim Popovits has joined the company's board and Walter Koch has joined its scientific advisory board.

Moody was formerly CFO of Clinical Genomics. He previously was chief executive and COO at Glysure and CFO of Nanosphere and Medsn. Popovits is the former chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Genomic Health, which was acquired by Exact Sciences. She also held several management positions at Genentech, now part of Roche. Koch was at Roche Molecular Systems where he held several leadership roles, including vice president and head of global research. Prior to that, he was at the US Food and Drug Administration.

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