VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Novoheart (“Novoheart” or the “Company”) (TSXV: NVH;
FWB: 3NH), a global stem cell biotechnology company, announced today that it has hired Bill A. Williams, Ph.D. as
Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations.
With over 20 years of experience as a senior technical sales and business development executive in the biotechnology sector, Dr.
Williams comes to Novoheart as a highly influential leader in the life science industry. Leveraging extensive sales and marketing
experience, as well as a multitude of long-standing connections and relationships in the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology
sector, Dr. Williams will be responsible for growing the sales, marketing and business development of Novoheart’s suite of drug
discovery tools including the MyHeart™ Platform of human bioengineered heart tissues.
“I see enormous market potential with the technology Novoheart has developed and am excited to begin the next
chapter of my career with its impressive team,” said Dr. Williams. “In past leadership positions, I am proud I have helped
achieve aggressive commercial growth for new technology companies, and I look forward to doing the same with Novoheart’s
revolutionary biotechnology.”
Previously at Organovo Inc., a provider of 3D bioprinted liver tissue models and testing services for pre-clinical drug
discovery and development, Dr. Williams was Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing and Business Development, where he drove a
25-fold increase in annual revenue in two years. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing at Aushon
Biosystems Inc. During his tenure there he oversaw 160 percent growth in testing services as well as 100 percent year-over-year
growth in consumable sales. He has also held sales leadership positions at biotechnology companies Ciphergen Biosystems Inc and
Beckman Coulter Inc.
“We are thrilled with the addition of Bill to our team,” said Dr. Ronald Li, Co-founder & CEO, Novoheart.
“His impressive track record of driving significant business growth and revenue in recent roles, along with his valuable
connections in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, will be a tremendous asset to Novoheart.”
About Novoheart:
Novoheart is a global stem cell biotechnology company pioneering an array of next-generation
human heart tissue prototypes. It is the first company in the world to have engineered miniature living human heart pumps that can
revolutionize drug discovery, helping to save time and money for developing new therapeutics. Also known as 'human heart-in-a-jar', Novoheart’s bio-artificial human heart constructs are created using
state-of-the-art and proprietary stem cell and bioengineering approaches and are utilized by drug developers for accurate
preclinical testing as to the effectiveness and safety of new drugs, maximizing the successes in drug discovery whilst minimizing
costs and harm caused to patients.
For further information, please contact:
Ronald Li, CEO
info@novoheart.com
Babak Pedram, Investor Relations
Virtus Advisory Group
Tel: 416-995-8651
bpedram@virtusadvisory.com
For media enquiries or interviews, please contact:
Josh Stanbury, Media Relations
Tel. 416-628-7441
media@novoheart.com
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