Sector updates in June
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Investment firms
- Samsung launched ‘Samsung Life Science Fund 3’, a $145 million fund to invest in global biotech companies and support strategic collaborations
- THENA Capital closed its inaugural Fund I, at £45 million, to back UK medtech startups, anchored by the British Business Bank
Investors
- Trent Munro appointed Venture Partner at Brandon Capital
- Karolina Zapadka as Founding Partner at BII
- Kerry Baldwin, Ruth Handcock and Robin Murray appointed as Non-executive Directors at British Business Bank
- Piers Lowson appointed to Board of Directors at BBB Investment Limited
Analysts/Banking
- Asthika Goonewardene appointed Senior Managing Director / Senior Research Analyst covering Oncology at Leerink Partners
- Patrick Wood appointed Head of US MedTech Research at UBS
Media
- Zoey Becker appointed Staff Writer at Fierce Pharma Marketing
- Ross Law promoted to Editor at GlobalData Healthcare & Medical Device Network
- Carolyn Scott appointed Editor at Pharmacy Business
- Hilary Stout appointed Health Policy Editor at New York Times (US)
- Allyson Chiu appointed Health Reporter at The Boston Globe
- Giedrė Peseckytė appointed Health Editor at Euronews (France)
- Charlie Conchie appointed Deputy Editor at City A.M.
- Tom Howarth left his role as Trends Editor BBC Science Focus
- Sean O’Kane appointed Senior Reporter, Special Projects at TechCrunch (US)
- Isabella Ward appointed Staff Writer at WIRED UK
