Opko Health names new board member

Dr Yu is a distinguished research fellow and associate director at the Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, in Taiwan. She also serves as a professor of pediatrics for both the National Taiwan University and University of California in San Diego.

Previously, Dr Yu had served as the chief of pediatric hematology oncology at University of California in San Diego.

Phillip Frost, chairman and CEO of Opko Health, said: “We are delighted to welcome an exceptional healthcare leader like Alice Yu to our board. We expect the insight and experience gained from her very distinguished record of achievement at several highly respected academic medical institutions will be valuable to our efforts to develop and commercialize our pipeline of diagnostic and therapeutic products.”