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Fred Siebert Joins Beckman Coulter as Director, Global Clinical Affairs

Life Science Partner is pleased to announce the recruitment of Fred Siebert to Beckman Coulter as Director, Global Clinical Affairs. Beckman Coulter is an innovative diagnostics and life science company that creates the world’s most efficient diagnostic laboratories. It is part of the Danaher group of families.

In this new role, Siebert will be responsible for the development and execution of a consolidated global clinical trials strategy for the company. This work is of particular importance to the company in the context of changing European regulatory requirements and continued growth of the company’s clinical activities in Asia.

Siebert brings deep experience in global clinical trials for molecular diagnostics and biopharmaceuticals, most recently at OvaScience, where he oversaw their clinical programs as Vice President of Clinical Operations.

Earlier in his career, Siebert held a variety of clinical affairs leadership roles at Abbott Molecular, where he led the company’s first companion diagnostics partnership and earned the Abbot Chairman’s Award for his contributions.

“Fred in in a great position to leverage his clinical insights and global diagnostics experience to further Beckman Coulter’s global leadership in IVD,“ notes Tom Callaway, MD, President and Founding Partner at Life Science Partner. “We look forward to seeing the continued growth and geographical expansion of the company’s clinical programs under his able leadership.”

Siebert earned a BSc in Medical Technology  from Eastern Kentucky University.

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Life Science Partner is a specialized executive search firm that recruits transformational leaders for healthcare and life sciences companies. Our high-touch, partner-led process ensures an exceptional level of service, while our backgrounds as physicians and industry executives enable us to efficiently deliver the brightest candidates in the medical device, biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and healthcare technology fields.

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Leica Biosystems Recruits Dan Schrock to Senior Director, Global Clinical Affairs

Life Science Partner is pleased to announce the recruitment of Dan Schrock to Leica Biosystems to serve as Senior Director, Global Clinical Affairs.

Leica Biosystems is a global leader in clinical diagnostics technologies providing a full suite of anatomic pathology products and laboratory workflow solutions for cancer diagnostics. Utilizing this platform, the company provides customized companion diagnostics solutions for pharmaceutical companies developing novel oncology drugs. Leica Biosystems is part of the Danaher group of companies.

Schrock previously served as Sr. Manager, Alliances with Illumina in San Diego, where he was responsible for managing corporate partnerships for the development of companion diagnostics for oncology drugs. Prior, Schrock led clinical affairs programs in IVD and CDx with Ventana Medical Systems, Abbott Laboratories, and Cepheid.

In his new role, Schrock will be responsible for overseeing Leica’s clinical research programs, providing strategic leadership to the company’s evolving clinical affairs function, and managing partnerships with pharmaceutical companies for the continued development and testing of companion diagnostics for personalized medicine.

“Companion diagnostics development is core to the Leica’s clinical strategy, so this leader must have a solid grounding in not only clinical trials leadership, but also diagnostics development and pharmaceutical partnering. It’s quite rare to see this combination of clinical trials excellence and CDx expertise in the same individual,” noted Tom Callaway, MD, MBA, President of Life Science Partner. “Dan is ideally suited for this important role and we expect him to be an asset to the company for many years to come.”

Schrock is a chemist by training and earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Chemistry from Illinois State University.

About Life Science Partner Executive Search

Life Science Partner is a specialized executive search firm that recruits transformational leaders for healthcare and life sciences companies. Our high-touch, partner-led process ensures an exceptional level of service, while our backgrounds as physicians and industry executives enable us to efficiently deliver the brightest candidates in the medical device, biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and healthcare technology fields.

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