The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association, the state’s biotech industry trade group, has hired Joe Sasenick and Dick Haiduck as part-time life sciences commercialization consultants to help nurture more startups in the state. Sasenick is a consultant that helps companies identify corporate board members, and Haiduck is currently “Partner to the CEO” of Cytopia and Implicit Bioscience, two Australian life sciences companies, according to an announcement from WBBA. The two will offer advice and referrals to entrepreneurs, and create networking events to foster more commercialization.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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