By: ICN Bureau
Last updated : November 03, 2021 8:36 pm
He will build and lead the companywide Global Medical Affairs organization.
Agilent Technologies announced that John Palma has joined the company as Vice President, Medical Affairs. In this role, he will build and lead the companywide Global Medical Affairs organization.
Prior to joining Agilent, Palma served in several roles at Roche over the last 10 years. Most recently, he was Vice President, Head of Medical & Scientific Affairs and Chief Medical Officer for the Roche Sequencing Solutions business.
“We’re extremely pleased John has joined the Agilent team,” said Dr. Kate Knobil, Agilent Chief Medical Officer. “His role will be critical to establishing our Global Medical Affairs organization as he drives important links across our commercial, marketing, R&D and quality and regulatory affairs organizations. John’s experience will create new capabilities for us as we expand our presence in next generation sequencing, and he will be key to our efforts driving Agilent strategy for liquid biopsy development.”
“John’s insights and background will help us expand our position in cancer diagnostics, and specifically in precision oncology,” said Sam Raha, President of Agilent’s Diagnostics and Genomics Group.