Biometric Imaging Names New Board Member Dale A. Smith.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--June 11, 1997--Biometric Imaging, Inc. announced that Dale A. Smith has joined the company's Board of Directors effective June 11, 1997. Mr. Smith served as a Group Vice President for Baxter International Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX), is a global healthcare company with 48,000 employees and 2006 sales of US$10.4 billion. Its headquarters is in Deerfield, Illinois. from 1979 until his retirement in July, 1995. During his time at Baxter he was responsible for the Biotechnology Group, the Parenterals Division and various corporate research groups including their European Research Center in Nivelles, Belgium. His experience in the healthcare industry, in particular blood services, will be of great value to Biometric Imaging. "We are looking forward to Dale's insights in the apheresis apheresis (əfĕr`əsĭs), or hemapheresis (hē'məfĕr`əsĭs), any procedure in which blood is drawn from a donor or patient and a component (platelets, plasma, or white blood and stem cell transplantation Stem Cell Transplantation Definition Stem cells are basic human cells that reproduce (replicate) easily, providing a continuous source of new, sometimes different types of cells. markets -- two important targets for us. These are areas in which he has run successful large businesses," said Chris English, President of Biometric Imaging. "And as a former Red Cross board member, Dale understands firsthand the critical need for standardized testing to monitor the quality of transfusion products." Mr. Smith currently serves as a board member to other medical companies including VASCA, MacroMed, Cerus Corp., and Neocrin. Previously he was a director of the American Blood Commission, the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. and Life Source Blood Services. Founded in 1991, Biometric Imaging is the first company to address the critical need for standardized cellular analysis procedures in the emerging field of cell therapy. Cell therapy uses transfused cells from a patient or donor to achieve a desired therapeutic effect in diseases such as cancer and AIDS. The company has developed and is marketing a novel, enabling technology called microvolume fluorimetry to provide rapid, precise and easy-to-perform cell enumeration 1. (mathematics) enumeration - A bijection with the natural numbers; a counted set. Compare well-ordered. 2. (programming) enumeration - enumerated type. , as well as real-time cell characterization in routine clinical settings. Biometric Imaging's products are designed to 1) help ensure the integrity of transfused products, 2) optimize cell therapy procedures, and 3) monitor disease progression and the efficacy of therapy. CONTACT: Marketing Plus Siga Weber, 415/421-8200 or Biometric Imaging Chris Lowell Christopher "Chris" Lowell (born on October 17, 1984 in Atlanta, Georgia [1]) is an American actor. He attended the Atlanta International School, where he became interested in theatre and filmmaking. , CFO See Chief Financial Officer. , 415/943-4522 |
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