Biotheranostics Inc., a growing molecular diagnostics company, announced the appointment of Don Hardison as chief executive officer. Hardison, who was elected to the Board of Directors in July 2016, transitioned into the CEO role earlier this year. Hardison succeeds Nicolas Barthelemy, who led the company's spin-out from its former corporate parent, positioning it as an independent growth company. In his role as CEO, Hardison will lead the company as it continues its commercial growth and focuses on key activities to expand clinical applications of and access to its proprietary cancer diagnostics products, CancerTYPE ID (CTID) and Breast Cancer IndexSM (BCI).
 
Hardison brings more than 30 years of diagnostics experience to Biotheranostics and will leverage his proven track record of commercial and operational success in complex healthcare reimbursement environments. From 2000-2007, he was CEO of EXACT Sciences, and also held senior leadership roles at Laboratory Corporation of America, Quest Diagnostics, and SmithKline Beecham. Most recently, Hardison was president, CEO, and Director of Good Start Genetics Inc.
 
"I am honored to be a part of a company that provides such meaningful, personalized diagnostic information to improve cancer treatment and am especially grateful to Nicolas for his leadership as it provided a solid foundation for us to move forward," said Hardison. "In this challenging reimbursement environment, my primary goal will be to strengthen our reimbursement position so that the patients that need them most have access to our tests." He continued, "I plan to focus our organization on continued commercial growth and on development activities that expand the clinical utility of both of our products and am excited to be leading the company through the next phase of its growth."