Don Gabriel joins United BioSource Corp.

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DON GABRIEL joined the Global Clinical Development & Operations team of United BioSource Corp., a subsidiary of Express Scripts. Gabriel will direct UBC’s consultative services to pharmaceutical sponsors developing oncology therapies.

A bone marrow transplant physician, Gabriel held a long tenure at the University of North Carolina where he served as professor of medicine, associate chief of staff, assistant dean for clinical services, acting chief of medical oncology, and service chief liaison of the Division of Hematology/Oncology.

He has co-developed an optical laser-based technology used to identify and characterize suspended particles in the blood, including circulating tumor cells.

“Joining UBC gives me the opportunity to work with an organization that is using cutting edge clinical study design to search deep into the biochemistry of new molecules and help take those molecules to the next stage of development,” said Gabriel.

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