Lisa
Kaufman and
Petra Klement to
join clinical development team
Heidelberg, Germany;
July 11, 2006. mtm laboratories today announced that it has made two new
clinical research appointments to augment the team developing screening
and diagnostic assays based on mtm’s proprietary p16INK4a
biomarker. Lisa Kaufman is heading Clinical Operations in the US while Petra Klement is leading Clinical Operations in Europe.
Lisa
Kaufman has a strong background and 15 years of experience in clinical
research development and joins mtm from Wyeth where she has spent the last
two years managing the application of biomarkers in clinical trials.
Previous to that, Mrs. Kaufman was Director Clinical Affairs at Viacell
and Associate Director of Clinical Operations at Shire Biologics. Mrs.
Klement has spent 4 years in clinical research at Pfizer
and 10 years working on the management of multi-national clinical trials
in the leading European clinical research organisations AMS and Innovex.
"As mtm
enters this crucial clinical phase in the development of our assays we are
delighted to appoint two such experienced individuals,” said Ruediger Ridder, Chief Scientific Officer of mtm laboratories.
“We have now put in place the right team to coordinate pivotal trials
demonstrating the clinical utility of our
in vitro diagnostic products
based on the p16INK4a technology for the use in cervical cancer
screening and diagnosis.”
mtm
laboratories AG is a privately held company based in
Heidelberg, Germany with a wholly owned subsidiary in
Westborough (MA), USA. The ISO 9001 and ISO 13485
certified company develops In Vitro Diagnostic test systems for the early
detection and diagnosis of cancer with a focus on cervical cancer
screening, the largest screening market in oncology. Based on mtm's
proprietary p16INK4a biomarker, the Company is in the process
of developing and clinically validating cell-based CINtec® assays as well
as non cell-based IVD products.
Further
Information:
Dr. Peter
Pack
CEO
mtm laboratories AG
t: 49 6221
64966 0
e:
contact@mtm-laboratories.com
