MIAMI LAKES, Fla., June 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ERBA Diagnostics, Inc. (NYSE MKT:ERB), a fully integrated in vitro diagnostics company, has appointed William Creech as Vice President Sales and Marketing.
Mr. Creech has over 20 years of successful experience in the diagnostics industry. His last assignment was with Vermillion Inc., a diagnostics company, as Vice President Sales and Marketing, leading the commercialization of a novel test for ovarian cancer. Prior to that, Mr. Creech worked in various capacities of increasing responsibilities with Abbott Laboratories Diagnostics Division, Siemens Healthcare and Thermo Fisher Scientific, where he was VP Sales and Marketing, Capitol Vial subsidiary.
Mohan Gopalkrishnan, Chief Executive Officer of ERBA Diagnostics, said, "Mr. Creech is a key addition to our management team and will focus on building a strong sales and marketing organization to deliver our growth objectives. We expect that his rich experience and knowledge of the diagnostics industry will add to our strategic focus in product development and future acquisitions."
About ERBA Diagnostics, Inc.
ERBA Diagnostics, Inc. (www.erbadiagnostics.com), headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida, is a fully integrated in vitro diagnostics company that develops, manufactures and distributes in the United States and internationally, proprietary diagnostic reagents, test kits and instrumentation, primarily for autoimmune and infectious diseases, clinical chemistry, hematology and diabetes through its six subsidiaries – Diamedix Corporation (U.S.), Delta Biologicals S.r.l. (Europe), ImmunoVision, Inc. (U.S.), Drew Scientific, Inc. (U.S.), JAS Diagnostics, Inc. (U.S.), and Erba Diagnostics Mexico S.A. (Latin America).
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