Applied Microbiology appoints senior marketing and sales executive.TARRYTOWN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 1995--Applied Microbiology Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AMBI AMBI Associação Médica Brasileira Iridologia , PSE PSE 1. pale soft exudative pork. 2. portosystemic encephalopathy. :APL (A Programming Language) A high-level mathematical programming language noted for its brevity and matrix generation capabilities. Developed by Kenneth Iverson in the mid-1960s, it runs on micros to mainframes and is often used to develop mathematical models. ) announced today that Stephen C. Benoit, 37, has been appointed vice president marketing and sales, responsible for the company's medical food ingredients business. Benoit was recently vice president, marketing for Calgene Fresh Inc., the company that introduced the world's first genetically modified whole food -- the FLAVR SAVR(TM) Tomato. "We are extremely pleased to have identified an executive of Steve Benoit's quality for this important addition to our senior management team," said Fredric D. Price, president and chief executive officer, who noted that the new vice president will report directly to him. "His proven business development skills, strong strategic perspective and experience managing in both an ongoing operation and an entrepreneurial environment are expected to contribute greatly toward achieving our growth plans." Benoit's responsibilities will include worldwide sales, marketing, and planning activities for AMBI's medical food ingredients business, as well as the company's other non-drug products. "This is truly a unique opportunity to build an important and highly profitable medical foods business," Benoit said. "I am very excited about serving in this key leadership role. Our two immediate goals are to increase market share of our existing food preservative business and to bring other proprietary medical food technology into the company. Having a market presence in major countries throughout the world should enable us to introduce product line extensions Product line Extensions and Patient safety In a world of product line extensions, there are many different products with similar names. Examples of these include oxycodone versus oxycontin (oycodone CR), buproprion vs buprion SR vs bruproprion XL, codeine versus codeine contin and new products in a systematic fashion." While at Calgene, Benoit conceptualized and developed the company's comprehensive strategic plan for launching a genetically modified food business within the $3.5 billion U.S. fresh tomato industry. Serving as a member of Calgene Fresh's executive management team, he was responsible for creating the product concept, developing and implementing the MacGregor's(R) Tomatoes consumer brand and sales promotion strategies. He also served as the company's national spokesperson and made numerous presentations to Congressional, trade and consumer audiences. Prior to holding the marketing and sales position at Calgene Fresh, Benoit was vice president of Strategic Planning for Calgene Inc. Previously, he had eight years of financial consulting experience with both the Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. and the PFC PFC abbr. private first class Noun 1. PFC - a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum perfluorocarbon Group in Los Angeles. Benoit holds both BBA BBA abbr. Bachelor of Business Administration and MBA degrees in finance. Applied Microbiology Inc. is a health care company with a unique position in the field of antimicrobial technology using the peptide nisin nisin an antibiotic substance isolated from cultures of lactic acid producing streptococci and reputed to have antibacterial activity against gram-positive bacteria. as an agent against both gram positive and gram negative organisms. Formulated as Nisaplin(R), nisin is manufactured and sold as a food preservative in more than 40 countries. Nisin is being developed in both natural and recombinant pharmaceutical formulations as Ambicin(R), and is being evaluated as a drug candidate for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori for the treatment of ulcers and the eradication of Staphylococcus aureus for the treatment of nosocomial infections and for other indications in oral and skin care. The company has partnerships with SmithKline Beecham plc, Astra Merck Inc. and Calgon Vestal vestal (vĕs`təl), in Roman religion, priestess of Vesta. The vestals were first two, then four, then six in number. While still little girls, they were chosen from prominent Roman families to serve for 30 (originally 5) years, during which Laboratories Inc., a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. CONTACT: Applied Microbiology Inc., Tarrytown Fredric D. Price, 914/347-5767 |
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