Breast Cancer Product Firm Names Seasoned Medical Executive as President.ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 26, 1999-- Biotherapies, Inc., a cancer research firm that is developing the protein Mammastatin to treat advanced-stage breast-cancer patients, named a new President who has extensive experience in medical product-development companies. Tom Trimmer trimmer see resco nail trimmer, toenail scissors. , 54, was elected to the new position by the Company's Board of Directors. The announcement was made by Dr. Paul Paul, 1901–64, king of the Hellenes (1947–64), brother and successor of George II. He married (1938) Princess Frederika of Brunswick. During Paul's reign Greece followed a pro-Western policy, and the Cyprus question was temporarily resolved. Ervin Jr., Founder, Chairman and Scientific Director of the four-year-old firm. "It is important to have an executive with Tom's experience and achievements to broaden the management of the company," said Dr. Ervin. "In the new position, Tom directs the finance, corporate development, administrative and marketing areas and is forming a team of people with backgrounds that fill out the needed management functions for the business. His background complements and extends the scientific and product-development capabilities of the firm." Trimmer has been a Director of Biotherapies since 1997 and served as a consultant to develop the financial, administrative, investment and marketing segments of the business over the past year. Earlier, he was involved in the development of software in the areas of hospital pharmacy A hospital pharmacy is concerned with pharmacy service to all types of hospital and differs considerably from a community pharmacy. Some pharmacists in hospital pharmacies may have more complex clinical medication management issues whereas pharmacists in community , knowledge management, financial systems and executive support systems. He has more than 20 years of consulting experience with national accounting firms. Trimmer founded Megasource to develop and sell hospital pharmacy management systems. Its products are used by 500 hospitals throughout the world. Earlier, he was the partner in charge of the Detroit consulting practice of Price Waterhouse Management Consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects Services. Prior to joining Biotherapies, Trimmer was co-founder, president and chief executive of grapeVINE Grapevine - A distributed system project. Technologies, a software firm for which he negotiated joint venture agreements with IBM/Lotus, Microsoft and Netscape. About Biotherapies Biotherapies, Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company dedicated to the development of better cancer therapies and diagnostics (1) Software routines that test hardware components (memory, keyboard, disks, etc.). Diagnostics are often stored in ROM chips and activated on startup. (2) Error messages in a programmer's source code that refer to statements or syntax that the compiler or assembler . Its lead product, Mammastatin, is a protein to control abnormal cell growth in breast tissue. Its headquarters and research laboratory are located in the Biotechnology Development Center, 5692 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, phone 734 996-9040. The firm's Web site can be accessed at www.biotherapiesinc.com |
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