BONN, Germany, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- IMI Intelligent Medical Implants, a pioneer developer of a system designed to restore vision to people blinded by diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration, has named veteran life sciences executive, Robert J. Rosenthal, Ph.D., chief executive officer. He is also a member of the IMI board of directors. Dr. Rosenthal has more than 20 years of experience fostering product innovation and building value for customers, shareholders, and employees. Most recently, Dr. Rosenthal was founding president and CEO of Magellan Biosciences, an emerging leader in clinical diagnostic products.
Previously, Dr. Rosenthal (53) was president and CEO of Boston Life Sciences, an R&D development-phase biopharmaceutical company. Before that, he was president of PerkinElmer's Instruments division, where he managed the acquisition and integration of the Analytical Instruments group from PE Corporation. As president and CEO of Thermo Optek, (now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific) Dr. Rosenthal built a market-leading instrument company, which went public in 1996. Dr. Rosenthal began his management career at Wisconsin-based Nicolet Instrument Corporation, ultimately becoming its president after Thermo Instrument Systems acquired the company. Dr. Rosenthal serves on the board of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. where he chairs the acquisition committee and is a member of the audit committee. A holding company, Safeguard provides growth capital for entrepreneurial and innovative life sciences and technology enterprises. Dr. Rosenthal also serves on the board of Primera Dx, a molecular-diagnostics company based in Mansfield, Massachusetts, and he is a member of the University of Maryland Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Board of Advisors.
Dr. Rosenthal holds a bachelor's of science degree in chemistry from the University of Maryland, a master's in chemistry from State University of New York (Buffalo), and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Emory University. He spent a year in Germany completing a post-doctoral fellowship and as a guest scientist of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. This was followed by an additional post-doctoral fellowship at UCLA. In addition, Dr. Rosenthal holds an AEA Executive MBA from Stanford University.
About IMI Intelligent Medical Implants (www.imidevices.com)
Founded in 2002, IMI AG, based in Zug, Switzerland - and its subsidiary IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH in Bonn, Germany - is a pioneer developer of a system designed to restore vision to people blinded by diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration. Its flagship product is the Intelligent Retinal Implant System, now in clinical development. A privately held company, key investors include Abingworth Management, Global Life Science Ventures, PolyTechnos Venture Partners, and Quantum Technology Partners.
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Web site: http://www.imidevices.com/
