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UTEK Corporation Appoints Hector Gomez, M.D., Ph.D., to Scientific Advisory Council
Thursday November 20, 10:29 am ET
PLANT CITY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2003--UTEK Corporation (AMEX:UTK - News) announced today that Hector J. Gomez, M.D., Ph.D., has joined UTEK's Scientific Advisory Council. Previously, Dr. Gomez served as a Senior Director of clinical research at Merck/MSDRL, Executive Director of Clinical Research at CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, VP of Medical Affairs at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and President and CEO of Transcend Therapeutics. Dr. Gomez is currently a Member of the Board of Directors of PRB Pharmaceuticals and Apollo Pharmaceuticals and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of DNAprint Genomics.
Dr. Gomez has considerable experience in both the scientific and business aspects of clinical research, pharmacology and pharmacogenomics. His knowledge and experience should enhance UTEK's ability to evaluate innovative pharmacologically related technologies. Dr. Gomez received his M.D. from the National University of Colombia in 1963 and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Marquette University in 1968. He also received a degree in Clinical Pharmacology from Tulane University (1973).
Dr. Gomez joins the UTEK Scientific Advisory Council, which includes scientists, engineers, and physicians who are engaged to help analyze scientific innovations in a wide variety of disciplines.
About UTEK Corporation
UTEK® is an innovative technology transfer company dedicated to building bridges between university-developed technologies and commercial organizations. UTEK, along with its TechEx and UVentures technology exchanges and its PAX European subsidiary, identifies and transfers new technologies from universities and research centers to the marketplace. As a business development company, UTEK provides research-outsourcing services to commercial enterprises and technology-transfer services to research institutions.
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