Wayne P. Yetter Joins SDIX Board of Directors
May 24,
2010
NEWARK, DE (May 24, 2010) – SDIX (Nasdaq: SDIX), a leading provider
of biotechnology-based products and services for a broad range of life
science, biotechnology, diagnostic, and food safety applications, today
announced Wayne P. Yetter has been elected to the Board of Directors,
effective May 18, 2010. Mr. Yetter is a member of Class II and his term
is scheduled to expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held
in 2012.
Mr. Yetter is currently Chief Executive Officer of
ProActive for Patients Media, Inc., an early investment stage company
providing a physician-to-patient messaging system to increase patient
adherence to medication therapies. Previously, Mr. Yetter served as
Chief Executive Officer of Verispan LLC, a joint venture of McKesson
Corp. and Quintiles Transnational, a leading provider of healthcare
information and marketing services to the pharmaceutical industry. Mr.
Yetter had a 30 year career in the pharmaceutical industry and held
executive positions at Pfizer, Merck, Astra-Merck (now AstraZeneca) and
Novartis. His roles included Vice President, Marketing Operations
(global) and Vice President, Far East and Pacific at Merck, founding
Chief Executive Officer of Astra-Merck, and President and Chief
Executive Officer of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, the US
division of Novartis AG. Mr. Yetter holds a B.A. in Biology from Wilkes
University and received an M.B.A from Bryant University.
“We are
excited to welcome Wayne to the SDIX board,” said Fran DiNuzzo,
President and CEO of SDIX. “His years of leadership experience in the
Life Science industry will add knowledge and insight to the SDIX board
and to our management team. We look forward to his contributions as we
continue to transition SDIX into a growth business.”
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About SDIX
SDIX is a biotechnology
company with a core expertise in creating better antigens, better
antibodies and better assays for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and
food safety markets. For over 20 years, SDIX has been a leading
immuno-solutions company, developing results-oriented and innovative
antibody-based solutions that enable customers to meet high performance
research, diagnostic and commercialization objectives.
In
the life science market, SDIX’s technology and capabilities are being
used to help discover disease mechanisms, facilitate development of new
drugs and provide antibodies and assays
for the diagnosis of disease. In the food safety market, SDIX continues
to expand its footprint as an international supplier of rapid pathogen
test technologies that enable more accurate and cost-effective results.
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