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News We’re Watching: Two Join Illumina Board, FDA Plans Health Equity Meeting, Pre-Eclampsia Test Cleared

 
• By Brian Bossetta, Reed Miller, and Hannah Daniel

This week, Illumina’s board added two independent members; the VA and the FDA agreed to collaborate on supply chain issues; and Think Surgical, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Blue Earth all landed FDA clearances.

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Wall Street analysts support Illumina, Inc.’s board of directors’ decision to add two new independent members with extensive medtech experience and expertise.

On 2 June, the board elected two new independent members to join immediately: Stephen MacMillan, the CEO of device and diagnostic maker Hologic; and Scott Ullem, the chief financial officer...

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