On November 29, 2018 Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE American: NAVB) ("Navidea" or the "Company"), a company focused on the development of precision immunodiagnostic agents and immunotherapeutics, reported the appointment of Michael Rosol, PhD as Chief Medical Officer of Navidea, effective December 17, 2018 (Press release, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, NOV 29, 2018, View Source [SID1234531746]). Dr. Rosol brings to this position over 10 years of experience in biomedical imaging and commercialization.
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"We are pleased for Dr. Rosol to join Navidea and bring his deep insights into the needs of the industry for the development, validation and implementation of imaging biomarkers in clinical trials," said Mr. Jed A. Latkin, Chief Executive Officer of Navidea. "He brings a wealth of knowledge and extensive experience to Navidea as we move forward with advancing our novel pipeline of imaging products and bringing products to market."
"I am excited to join Navidea as Chief Medical Officer at a key stage in the advancement of Navidea’s business," commented Dr. Rosol. "I look forward to working with the leadership team to develop innovative immunodiagnostic agents and immunotherapeutics that can meaningfully improve the lives of patients living with devastating conditions."
Prior to joining Navidea, Dr. Rosol served as Associate Director in the Clinical and Translational Imaging Group at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research from November 2016 to December 2018. Before that, he held positions as Senior Director of Business Development at Elucid Bioimaging, Inc. where he drove adoption of its Computer-Aided Phenotyping applications from May 2016 to November 2016, and as Chief Scientific Officer of MediLumine, Inc. from October 2015 to May 2016. Prior to those roles, he was the Head of the Translational Imaging Group at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Group from October 2012 to March 2015. His training and experience lie in the fields of biophysics, physiology, and biological/medical imaging, and his work has focused on cardiovascular imaging, preclinical and clinical imaging instrumentation and applications, animal models of human disease, pathophysiology, biomarkers, and imaging in toxicological and clinical trials. He has also served as faculty in Radiology and Director of two academic research imaging facilities. Dr. Rosol holds a PhD from Boston University School of Medicine.