Chalfont St.Giles – GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announced today that on 1 April 2011, Kieran Murphy will be promoted to succeed current Life Sciences President and CEO Peter Ehrenheim who will retire from GE after a transition period on July 31 2011. Kieran is currently GE Healthcare’s Head of Global […]

HILLSBORO, Ore. – FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) today announced that Dr. Ad Huijser has joined the company’s board of directors. Dr. Huijser was executive vice president, chief technology officer and member of the Board of Management of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., until his retirement in 2006. During his 36-year career with Philips he held various senior […]

ST. LOUIS – Sigma-Aldrich® Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) announces the following executive leadership appointments intended to more closely align its corporate structure with its strategic plan. Frank Wicks, President Research, will assume responsibility for the entire portfolio of Research products, including those in Research Essentials, Research Specialties and Research Biotech. This newly combined Research strategic business […]

WILMINGTON, MA – Implant Sciences Corporation (PINKSHEETS: IMSC) (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced the Company has retained the consulting services of former Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul McHale. Mr. McHale is the president of Civil Support International LLC, a consulting firm offering advisory services […]

SEATTLE – NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced it has rounded out its commercial management team with the hiring of Chris Grimley as Vice President of Marketing and Katherine Webster as Vice President of […]

Olympus Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors named Michael C. Woodford to serve as the company’s president. Woodford will assume the office of President and Executive Officer on April 1, 2011, and upon the resolution passed at the annual shareholders meeting and the Board of Directors meeting set to be held on June […]

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Chiral Technologies, Inc. (CTI) has named Lisa Cole Newton as the new National Accounts Manager, Separation Services for North America. In this newly-created position, Newton will have responsibility for strengthening CTI’s separation services activity in North America, focusing company resources to more effectively meet the unique requirements of this business segment. […]