Pierre Lao-Sirieix

Company: AstraZeneca

Job title: Associate Director & Diagnostic Expert

Bio:

Pierre is a translational scientist with nearly 20 years’ experience in the development of diagnostic tests and medical devices, mainly in Oncology. Pierre is a trained molecular and cell biologist with a focus on cell cycle and biomarker discovery across various platforms and worked for 15 years in development of biomarkers for early cancer detection and prognosis. Pierre joined the Precision Medicine group at AstraZeneca 4 years ago. Here he leads the development of companion diagnostics from biomarker to life cycle management to enable patient access to new medicine.