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Therma Bright Welcomes Medical Device & Pharmaceutical Veteran Douglas S. Sommerville to Its Advisory Board
New Advisory Board Member will focus on Venowave sales and business development efforts Toronto,...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Therma Bright Welcomes Medical Device & Pharmaceutical Veteran Douglas S. Sommerville to Its Advisory BoardNew Advisory Board Member will focus on Venowave sales and business development effortsToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 12, 2024) - Therma Bright Inc. (TSXV: THRM) (OTCQB: TBRIF) (\"Therma\" or the \"Company\"), a developer and investment partner in advanced diagnostic and medical device technologies, is pleased to announce the addition of Douglas S. Sommerville to its Advisory Board. With 30 years of experience in sales and operations within the medical device industry, Mr. Sommerville brings a wealth of expertise to the Company.Mr. Sommerville previously served as the Head of Country for Teva Canada Limited, where he oversaw the Canadian operations of Teva's generic drug business, the pharmaceutical firm's third-largest global subsidiary with sales exceeding $1.3 billion. Prior to this role, he was the Global Vice President of Infusion Systems at Baxter Healthcare International, a leading global medical and pharmaceutical technology company. In this position, he managed global sales, marketing, and distribution for Baxter's infusion pumping devices, intravenous administration sets, and pain management and ambulatory infusion devices.Furthermore, Mr. Sommerville served as Chairman of the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association until his retirement from Teva in 2018 and is a U.S. patent holder (number 5,304,163) for the \"Integral Reconstitution Device,\" which is marketed worldwide by Baxter Healthcare under the trade name Mini Bag PLUS.\"We are thrilled to welcome Doug to our Advisory Board,\" said Rob Fia, CEO of Therma Bright. \"Doug is highly respected across North America and internationally, with established relationships within the medical retail space, hospital management, medical practitioner networks, and key industry leaders and associations. His deep expertise in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors will be invaluable to our business development efforts with Venowave and Digital Cough Analyzer, as well as our investment partners at Inretio, InStatin, and InVixa.\"Mr. Sommerville will join Mr. Raimondo, who joined the Advisory Board last month, and will leverage his network to introduce Therma Bright and its innovative diagnostic and medical device technologies.Therma also announces tha...