Heiner Dreismann, PhD

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 is the former President and CEO of Roche Molecular Systems and an active member of the biotechnology industry.

Career

In 1983, Dreismann was appointed to Director of Research and Development at Roehm GmbH, a manufacturer of industrial enzymes. In 1985, he joined Roche Diagnostics

Roche Diagnostics

Roche Diagnostics Division is a subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche which manufactures equipment and reagents for research and medical diagnostic applications. Internally, it is organized into five major business areas: Roche Applied Science, Roche Professional Diagnostics, Roche Diabetes Care, Roche...

 as Vice President of Manufacturing. During his 21 year tenure at Roche, he operated in numerous executive capacities, culminating in his position as President and CEO of Roche Molecular Systems in 2000. His notable accomplishments include:

• During his tenure as president, Roche developed PCR based diagnostic tests in response to the SARS epidemic
  Epidemic
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• During his tenure as president, Roche developed the diagnostic test, TaqScreen, in response to the threat of infected blood banks during the West Nile Virus
  West Nile virus
  West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, domestic...
  
   outbreak. The test entered FDA clinical trials and could detect the West Nile Virus and other similar encephalitis
  Encephalitis
  Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain. Encephalitis with meningitis is known as meningoencephalitis. Symptoms include headache, fever, confusion, drowsiness, and fatigue...
  
  -causing viruses, possibly ensuring the safety of North American blood banks supplies in the future.

• By his departure in 2006, Roche Molecular Systems had doubled in size. The In Vitro Diagnostics segment grew from $640 million to $1.2 billion.

Dreismann currently serves as President and CEO of Vectrant Technologies, Inc. a privately held diagnostics company. Additionally, he serves on the boards of a number of high-technology companies, including Singulex, Nanogen, GeneNews, MedBioGene, Magellan Biosciences et al. Most recently, he has joined the board of Shrink Nanotechnologies

Education

Dreismann has a Masters Degree in Biology and a PhD in Microbiology/Molecular Biology from Westfälische Wilhelms University, Muenster, Germany

Germany

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. He completed Post-Doctoral studies with the French Center for Nuclear Research, Sanclay, France

France

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, investigating gram-negative bacteria genetics.