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Aperio Technologies Hires Regulatory Affairs Executive
Industry Leader Gears Up to Receive Regulatory Approval for its Digital Pathology Solutions
Vista, CA – January 17, 2006 – Aperio, the leading provider of virtual microscopy systems to the Healthcare IT industry, announces that Perry Johnston has joined the Company as vice president of legal, regulatory, and compliance, reporting to Dirk Soenksen, CEO of Aperio. Johnston will be responsible for defining the company’s FDA strategy and leading the legal and compliance functions.
"We are pleased to have an executive with Perry’s experience and skill set joining the senior team,” said Dirk Soenksen, CEO of Aperio. “Perry joins us at a time when we are increasing our focus on the clinical needs of our customers. He will play an integral role in ensuring that Aperio operates successfully in today’s regulated healthcare environment.”
Perry joins Aperio from the Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada. As vice president and general counsel, Johnston led the legal, risk management, intellectual property and compliance functions. Previously, Johnston served as vice president, legal & compliance for CardioNet, Inc., a private company in San Diego, CA, that employs proprietary technology to provide real-time, mobile, outpatient cardiac monitoring services, and as senior legal counsel for the Cardiac Rhythm Management division of Medtronic, Inc., a Minneapolis-based therapeutic medical technology company.”
Johnston received an undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota School of Management and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Minnesota Law School. Johnston specializes in business law, with an emphasis on healthcare, regulatory compliance, business transactions, and corporate governance. He has been practicing for more than 15 years with a variety of experience including in-house and private practice.”
“I am excited to be joining the leader in digital pathology at a time when the Company is poised for explosive growth,” said Johnston. “I look forward to taking the helm of the Company’s regulatory and compliance efforts with the goal of expanding the utility of its products in clinical applications.”
About Digital Pathology and Virtual Microscopy
Digital pathology is a digital environment for slide-based diagnoses that delivers consistent and accurate results, faster than traditional methods. It consolidates macro (gross) and micro (slide) information with case histories, work lists, reports, associated images and documents, and also with automated entire-slide analysis and CAD (computer aided diagnosis). It facilitates immediate access to information contained in glass microscope slides, from anywhere, and provides powerful tools for the instant archival and intelligent retrieval of histo-pathological data. Virtual microscopy—the practice of converting entire glass microscope slides to high resolution digital slides that can be viewed, managed and analyzed—is the key technology that enables digital pathology. Digital pathology is compatible with PACS (picture archiving and communication systems) and supports the vision of an enterprise-wide healthcare IT solution aimed at the electronic medical record (EMR).
About Aperio
With the largest installed base of virtual microscopy systems, Aperio Technologies is a worldwide leader in virtual microscopy and digital pathology. Our ScanScope® scanners and Digital Slide Information Management Software deliver integrated digital slide creation, viewing, management, and analysis capabilities to pathologists, and set the standard in digital pathology. Applications include tissue microarrays, toxicology pathology, image analysis, workflow systems (PACS), telepathology, frozen sections, hematopathology, and cytology. Our freely downloadable ImageScope™ viewer makes digital slides accessible anywhere, anytime. With headquarters in Vista, California, Aperio serves a global pathology market in clinical, research, and education. For more information and to view a gallery of digital slides created by ScanScope Systems, please visit www.aperio.com.