QuidelOrtho: Brian Blaser

QuidelOrtho has appointed Brian Blaser as president and CEO, effective May 6. Blaser will also join the company's board of directors effective May 15, and the board will be expanded from 10 to 11 members. Blaser most recently served as executive VP of diagnostic products at Abbott Laboratories, where he was in charge of that firm's global core laboratory, point of care, rapid diagnostics, and molecular diagnostics businesses. He also previously held leadership positions at the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics division of Johnson & Johnson. Blaser currently serves on the board of directors of Quanterix and Meridian Biosciences.