Biomerica, Inc. Adds Harry Leider to Strategic Advisory Board
April 19, 2018 at 01:19 pm
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Biomerica, Inc. announced that it has added Harry L. Leider, MD, MBA to its Strategic Advisor Board, which is chaired by Edward W. (Ned) Barnholt. Until recently, Dr. Leider served as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Group Vice President of Walgreens. As the CMO at Walgreens, he provided executive leadership for health analytics, clinical program development, and clinical sales solutions. Dr. Leider also served as the senior clinical spokesperson for the company and routinely represented Walgreens with leaders in government, managed care, health systems, and other healthcare organizations. As Chief Medical Officer, he led a cross-functional department of over 40 professionals that conducted over 60 health outcomes studies that demonstrated the value of Walgreens programs and services. He also had leadership responsibility for a team that evaluated over 200 emerging healthcare technologies to provide information about potential M & A and partnership opportunities. Notably, Dr. Leider also directed the clinical design for a digital health programs that rewards 3 million Walgreens customers for taking steps to improve their health. Prior to Walgreens, Dr. Leider was the Chief Medical Officer of Ameritox which was the nation’s specialty lab serving clinicians who treat chronic pain and behavioral health conditions. He was responsible for the development of all provider support and research programs, and played a key role supporting sales efforts directed at providers and payors. Prior to his role at Ameritox, Dr. Leider held C-suite positions in several population health and payor companies.
Biomerica, Inc. is a biomedical technology company. The Company develops, patents, manufactures and markets advanced diagnostic and therapeutic products used at the point-of-care (in home and in physiciansâ offices) and in hospital/clinical laboratories for detection and/or treatment of medical conditions and diseases. It is also engaged in the research, development, commercialization and in certain cases regulatory approval, of patented, diagnostic-guided therapy (DGT) products to treat gastrointestinal diseases, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and other inflammatory diseases. The Company's InFoods IBS product uses a simple blood sample and is designed to identify patient-specific foods that, when removed from the diet, may alleviate IBS symptoms such as pain, bloating, diarrhea and constipation. The Companyâs two subsidiaries, Biomerica de Mexico, which is used for assembly/manufacturing and BioEurope GmbH, which acts as a distributor of Biomerica products in certain markets.
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