Myriad Genetics Appoints Melissa Gonzales to Lead Women’s Health Business
Myriad Genetics has appointed Melissa Gonzales as the new president of its Women's Health division. Gonzales brings over 20 years of experience in women's health, previously serving as executive vice president at Medela, where she led the company to become the top breast pump brand in the U.S. At Myriad, she will focus on enhancing genetic tests that assess hereditary cancer risk and support family planning. Her expertise aims to drive growth in the Women's Health business and improve product performance under the leadership of Nicole Lambert.
- Melissa Gonzales appointed as president, bringing 20 years of women's health experience.
- Expertise in direct-to-physician and patient commercial strategies could enhance growth.
- Leadership change may lead to improved product performance in the Women's Health division.
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New President Brings Proven Track Record in Women’s Health; Direct to Physician and Direct to Patient Commercial Expertise
SALT LAKE CITY, May 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, today announced that Melissa Gonzales has been named president of its Women’s Health business.
Gonzales has more than 20 years of women’s health experience, most recently at Medela, a global leader in breast pumps and medical solutions, supporting millions of new moms and babies. She served as executive vice president of Medela Americas and helped position the company as the number one breast pump brand in the United States. Prior to Medela, Gonzales led commercial teams at Align Technology and Smith & Nephew.
In her role at Myriad Women’s Health, Gonzales will be responsible for serving consumers, patients and healthcare providers with genetic tests that help women assess their risk of hereditary cancer and provide vital insights during pregnancy or when planning a family. She will report to Nicole Lambert, president of Myriad Genetic Laboratories.
“Melissa is a proven leader with deep relevant expertise both in partnering with healthcare systems as well as reaching patients directly. She has the passion, leadership qualities, and proven experience to accelerate the growth of our Women’s Health business and elevate our products to their full potential,” said Lambert. “We are fortunate to have an executive of Melissa’s caliber as the most recent addition to our team.”
Myriad Women’s Health offers the Myriad myRisk® Hereditary Cancer test, Myriad Foresight® Carrier Screen and Myriad Prequel™ Prenatal Screen as well as a suite of services to expand access and streamline the genetic testing process for patients and providers.
About Myriad Genetics
Myriad Genetics is a leading genetic testing and precision medicine company dedicated to advancing health and wellbeing for all, empowering individuals with vital genetic insights and enabling healthcare providers to better detect, treat and prevent disease. Myriad discovers and commercializes genetic tests that determine the risk of developing disease, accurately diagnose disease, assess the risk of disease progression, and guide treatment decisions across medical specialties where critical genetic insights can significantly improve patient care and lower healthcare costs. For more information, visit the Company's website: www.myriad.com.
Myriad, the Myriad logo, BART, BRACAnalysis, Colaris, Colaris AP, myPath, myRisk, Myriad myRisk, myRisk Hereditary Cancer, myChoice, myPlan, BRACAnalysis CDx, Tumor BRACAnalysis CDx, myChoice CDx, Vectra, EndoPredict, Prequel, Foresight, GeneSight, riskScore and Prolaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Myriad Genetics, Inc. or its wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States and foreign countries. MYGN-F, MYGN-G.
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This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements related to accelerating the growth of the Company’s Women’s Health business and elevating the Company’s products to their full potential; and the Company’s strategic directives under the caption "About Myriad Genetics." These “forward-looking statements” are based on management's current expectations of future events and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those described or implied in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: uncertainties associated with COVID-19, including its possible effects on our operations and the demand for our products and services; our ability to efficiently and flexibly manage our business amid uncertainties associated with COVID-19; the risk that sales and profit margins of our molecular diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical and clinical services may decline or that we may not be able to operate our business on a profitable basis; risks related to our ability to generate sufficient revenue from our existing product portfolio or in launching and commercializing new tests; risks related to changes in governmental or private insurers’ coverage and reimbursement levels for our tests or our ability to obtain reimbursement for our new tests at comparable levels to our existing tests; risks related to increased competition and the development of new competing tests and services; the risk that we may be unable to develop or achieve commercial success for additional molecular diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical and clinical services in a timely manner, or at all; the risk that we may not successfully develop new markets for our molecular diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical and clinical services, including our ability to successfully generate revenue outside the United States; the risk that licenses to the technology underlying our molecular diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical and clinical services and any future tests are terminated or cannot be maintained on satisfactory terms; risks related to delays or other problems with operating our laboratory testing facilities; risks related to public concern over genetic testing in general or our tests in particular; risks related to regulatory requirements or enforcement in the United States and foreign countries and changes in the structure of the healthcare system or healthcare payment systems; risks related to our ability to obtain new corporate collaborations or licenses and acquire new technologies or businesses on satisfactory terms, if at all; risks related to our ability to successfully integrate and derive benefits from any technologies or businesses that we license or acquire; risks related to our projections about the potential market opportunity for our products; the risk that we or our licensors may be unable to protect or that third parties will infringe the proprietary technologies underlying our tests; the risk of patent-infringement claims or challenges to the validity of our patents or other intellectual property; risks related to changes in intellectual property laws covering our molecular diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical and clinical services and patents or enforcement in the United States and foreign countries; risks of new, changing and competitive technologies and regulations in the United States and internationally; the risk that we may be unable to comply with financial operating covenants under our credit or lending agreements; the risk that we will be unable to pay, when due, amounts due under our credit or lending agreements; risks related to the material weakness identified in our internal control over financial reporting, including the impact thereof and our remediation plan; and other factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" contained in Item 1A of our Transition Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2021, as well as any updates to those risk factors filed from time to time in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K. All information in this press release is as of the date of the release, and Myriad undertakes no duty to update this information unless required by law.
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