Predictive Biosciences, a privately held maker of diagnostic tests for cancer, said today it has hired Ellen Sheets to become its first chief medical officer, and Vikram Lamba as its chief financial officer. Sheets is joining the Lexington, MA-based startup after holding the same position at Bedford, MA-based Hologic (NASDAQ: [[ticker:HOLX]]), a company which specializes in women’s health. Lamba most recently worked as vice president of corporate development at Santa Ana, CA-based Advanced Medical Optics (NYSE: [[ticker:EYE]]).
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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