SAMUEL BRODER was named executive vice president of scientific and public affairs at the Intrexon Corporation. The former director of NCI was most recently chairman of Intrexon’s health sector.
Broder will lead the company’s communications programs with media, academia, government, and non-profit organizations, spanning health, food, energy, environment, and consumer sectors.
Multiple components of the healthcare and public health systems are currently under scrutiny. One of them is reportedly the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF: “Task Force”), established in 1984 and managed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. It was created to maintain an ongoing evaluation of disease prevention and screening interventions that...
