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Personnel moves: Tengion taps Medtronic CSO Kuntz for board

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  • Tengion taps Medtronic CSO Kuntz for board
    Tengion Inc. (NSDQ:TNGN) announced that it has appointed Richard Kuntz, M.D., M.Sc., senior vice president and chief scientific, clinical and regulatory officer of Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT), to its board of directors.
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  • Vince Forlenza of BD Named Chairman of AdvaMedDx
    AdvaMedDx, a division of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) that is focused solely on opportunities and challenges facing companies that discover, develop and provide in vitro diagnostic technologies, today announced two key appointments as the organization continues robust membership growth. Vince Forlenza, Becton, Dickinson & Co. president and COO, has been named chairman of AdvaMedDx, and Andrew Fish has been named executive director of AdvaMedDx and senior executive vice president of AdvaMed.
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  • ProChon Biotech names Dr. Jack Farr to scientific advisory board
    ProChon Biotech Ltd., an innovator of tissue regenerative technologies that are being developed to relieve pain and restore the mobility and quality-of-life for sufferers of articular cartilage injuries, announced that Jack Farr, M.D., has joined the company’s scientific advisory board.
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  • Carrot Medical adds two executives to management team
    Carrot Medical, a Boston-based developer of medical audio and video integration systems, is bolstering its management team with the appointment of two seasoned executives. Richard Stewart will oversee service and support for Carrot’s line of medical imaging technology; Jeremy Wiggins joins the company as vice president of product development and strategic marketing.
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  • Aethlon Medical announces appointment of Rod Kenley to board of directors
    Aethlon Medical Inc. (OTC:AEMD), the pioneer in developing therapeutic filtration devices to address infectious disease and cancer, announced today that Rod Kenley has been appointed to the Aethlon Medical board of directors.
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  • Dr. Eric Johnson joins Transgenomic as medical director for laboratory services
    Transgenomic Inc. (OTC:TBIO) today announced that Eric Johnson, Ph.D., has joined the company as medical director for laboratory services. In this newly created position Dr. Johnson will be responsible for leading the strategic vision and managing the day-to-day operations of Transgenomic’s molecular diagnostics services lab.
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  • Bacterin International reconstitutes its board of directors and appoints experienced legal and financial professionals
    Bacterin International Holdings, Inc. (OTC:BIHI) announced that it has confirmed the appointment of Jon Wickwire, a distinguished Washington, D.C.-based attorney, and Michael Lopach, a CPA and founder of Lopach & Carparelli, to its board of directors.
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  • Light Sciences Oncology elects Mitchell Hymowitz, founder of CFO Services LLC, to its board of directors
    Light Sciences Oncology Inc. announced the election of Mitchell Hymowitz, the founder and managing member of CFO Services LLC, to replace the late Craig Watjen on the company’s board of directors.
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