Sassine leaves Visiomed
Monday, 07 February, 2005
WA biotech Visiomed (ASX:VSG) has replaced retiring CEO Saliba Sassine with William Dolphin, formerly of New Zealand's SpectraNet and patient monitoring equipment company, SonaMed.
Dolphin, who is to take control in April, will be responsible for moving Visiomed's FDA-cleared asthma device, the Funhaler, into commercial production.
The change is one of several to have occurred at CEO level among Australian biotechs this year.
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