Exact Sciences (NASDAQ:[[ticker:EXAS]]), a Marlborough, MA-based provider and developer of DNA tests for colorectal cancer, has garnered a $1 million loan from the state of Wisconsin and plans to relocate its headquarters from Massachusetts to Wisconsin, according to reports. News of the relocation comes three months after Exact announced that it had named a new CEO, Kevin Conroy, and new chief financial officer, Maneesh Arora. Conroy and Arora were previously CEO and CFO, respectively, at former molecular diagnostics firm Third Wave Technologies, of Madison, WI.
Author: Ryan McBride
Ryan is an award-winning business journalist who contributes to our life sciences and technology coverage. He was previously a staff writer for Mass High Tech, a Boston business and technology newspaper, where he and his colleagues won a national business journalism award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2008. In recent years, he has made regular TV appearances on New England Cable News.
Prior to MHT, Ryan covered the life sciences, technology, and energy sectors for Providence Business News. He graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. When he’s not chasing down news, Ryan enjoys mountain biking and skiing in his home state of Vermont.
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