Wednesday, October 6, 2010

NanoString Names Commercial Chief

Seattle-based NanoString Technologies, a developer of equipment for counting target molecules in biological samples, said this morning that it has named Barney Saunders, Ph.D., as its Chief Commercial Officer. Saunders was most recenlty at Microchip Biotechnology/IntegenX, in the same position. He also served at Agilent Technologies, where he as lst VP and General Manger of its Gene Expression business unit, and also has been at Amersham Biosciences. NanoString said Saunders will be responsible for commercial development of its business, including sales and marketing operations.