Akubio Ltd Names Andrew Carr as Chairman.CAMBRIDGE, England -- Akubio Ltd, the acoustic biosensor A device that detects and analyzes body movement, temperature or fluids and turns it into an electronic signal. See lab on a chip and data glove. Biosensor technology company, has announced the appointment of Dr Andrew Carr as Executive Chairman of its Board. Dr Carr succeeds Dr John Padfield who is standing down from his role as non-Executive Chairman to focus on his other business commitments. Commenting on his new position Dr Carr said; "Akubio is an exciting company that has made real progress in developing innovative label-free real time biosensor technology for use in products that will accelerate life science research, drug development and in the longer term, diagnostics. I'm delighted to be joining such a talented team of people and a highly experienced Board of Directors at this key time in the company's development and I look forward to working with them to bringing our products to the market." Dr Carr brings to Akubio significant experience in life science systems development and commercialisation. Over the past 18 years he has lived and worked in both Europe and N America as a Director of Amersham plc Amersham plc was a UK pharmaceutical company, specializing in medical diagnostics and life science products. The company was formed in 1997 by merging Amersham International (U.K.), Pharmacia Biotech (Sweden) and Nycomed (Norway). , a FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. 100 company and as CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Amersham Biosciences a leading global life science based company serving researchers and biopharmaceutical manufacturers in academia and the pharmaceutical sector. Akubio's Board of Directors comprises; Dr Allan Marchington CEO, Dr Stephen Bunting bunting, common name for small, plump birds of the family Fringillidae (finch family). Among the American buntings are the indigo bunting, in which the summer plumage of the male reflects sunlight as a rich, metallic blue; the painted bunting, or nonpareil ( , Dr Tim Rink, Dr Raj Parekh, Richard Archer and Dr Petri Vainio. Welcoming Dr Carr, Dr Padfield said: "I am delighted to have been able to introduce Andrew to Andrew To (Chinese: 陶君行) is a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. He is also the Secretary of The Frontier. His wife, Jackie Hung, is a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese. Akubio. He has considerable skill and experience in the commercialisation of life sciences systems which will be invaluable as Akubio seeks to commercialise its portfolio of label-free biosensors ". Notes to Editors: Akubio Ltd, based at the Cambridge Science Park The Cambridge Science Park, founded by Trinity College, Cambridge in 1970, is the oldest science park in the United Kingdom. , England, was formed in August 2001 to commercialise acoustic biosensor technologies developed independently at the University of Cambridge and at GSK GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc (pharmaceutical company) GSK Glycogen Synthase Kinase GSK Gruppentraining Sozialer Kompetenzen (Germany) GSK Greenland Shark (FAO fish species code) research laboratories. The technology based on quartz resonators has significant advantages over existing label free detection methods in delivering accurate, real time molecular identification and measurement of interactions in complex samples. Funded by Abingworth Bioventures and the University of Cambridge, Akubio is actively developing products for use in protein research and drug development and seeking partners to commercially exploit the technology in other fields, including diagnostics. Further information at www.akubio.com. |
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