Axiom Biotechnologies Inc. appoints director of business development and corporate communications.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 1996--Management of privately-held Axiom axiom, in mathematics and logic, general statement accepted without proof as the basis for logically deducing other statements (theorems). Examples of axioms used widely in mathematics are those related to equality (e.g. Biotechnologies Inc. Thursday announced that the company has appointed James P. Linton, Ph.D. as its director of business development and corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. . Linton will be responsible for establishing corporate partnerships, increasing AXIOM's technology awareness and raising capital as the company brings its drug discovery technology to the marketplace. "We are very pleased to have Jim join our team. His unique blend of business experience and scientific training will permit us to move aggressively to expand the company's capital base and establish important strategic alliances," said Pandi Veerapandian, Ph.D., president and chief scientific officer. Prior to joining Axiom, Linton worked as director of life science & technology at Stoorza, Ziegaus & Metzger Inc., where he headed the business development and investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. activities for the biotechnology consulting team. Previously, from 1990-1994, he served as manager of business development at Sequana Therapeutics and as manager of investor relations and collaborative program administration for Advanced Tissue Sciences. During his tenure in biotechnology he has participated in raising more than $70 million in public and private financing and has established more than 20 corporate and research collaborations. Linton obtained a Ph.D. in molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller from Emory University Emory University (ĕm`ərē), near Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered as Emory College 1836, opened 1837 at Oxford. It became Emory Univ. in 1915 and in 1919 moved to Atlanta. in Atlanta, and a Masters of Business Administration in marketing from the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). at Davis. Axiom Biotechnologies is an emerging leader in the field of drug discovery. The company's proprietary CombiScreen and Cell Physiometer technology is a breakthrough in pharmacological screening technology that can evaluate combinatorial libraries on the natural target cells in a high throughput format. AXIOM's proprietary molecular optimization program in conjunction with the above screening process will enable its corporate partners to improve the probability of identifying successful drug candidates and to accelerate the identification of effective lead compounds. CONTACT: Axiom Biotechnologies Inc., San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. James Linton, 619/455-4500 |
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