Peter R. Shearer

74 year

Health Technology

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Peter R.
Shearer has been Vice President of Intellectual Property for Gen-Probe, Inc. since 1998.
Previously, he was Chief Patent Counsel from 1987 to 1998 for Scios, Inc. and Senior Patent Attorney from 1978 to 1983 for Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc. Mr. Shearer was Patent Attorney of Union Carbide Corporation in 1975.
He received a BE in Chemical Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology and a JD from Seton Hall University School of Law.

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Gen-Probe, Inc. Gen-Probe, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Gen-Probe, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets rapid, accurate and molecular diagnostic products and services that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases, screen donated human blood, and ensure transplant compatibility. It also develops and manufactures the PROCLEIX assays, which are used to detect human immunodeficiency virus, the hepatitis C virus, the hepatitis B virus, and the West Nile virus in donated human blood. The firm's clinical diagnostics products include APTIMA family of assays, which are used to detect the common STDs chlamydia and gonorrhea. Gen-Probe was founded by Thomas H. Adams and David E. Kohne in 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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