Rudi Mariën is a

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scientist and businessman. He is

chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

of the Belgian biotech company

Innogenetics Innogenetics N.V. (now Fujirebio Europe N.V.) was an international in vitro diagnostics (IVD) company, with headquarters in Ghent, Belgium. Founded in 1985, the company developed and marketed IVD testing solutions as well as OEM raw materials. The ...

Education

Rudi Mariën obtained a degree in pharmaceutical sciences from the

University of Ghent Ghent University ( nl, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, when the ...

, specializing in clinical biology.

Career

On 18 July 1985, he co-founded the Belgian biotech company Innogenetics, together with

Erik Tambuyzer Erik Tambuyzer (born 1949) is a Belgian bio-engineer and businessman. He is Chairman of the Board of the Flemish Center for Medical Innovation (CMI). Education Tambuyzer holds a doctoral degree in bio-industrial sciences from the Katholieke Uni ...

and

Hugo Van Heuverswyn Hugo Van Heuverswyn (born 1948) is a Belgian molecular biologist, biotech Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular anal ...

and has been its chairman since then. Besides Innogenetics, he founded several clinical laboratories. He is an international centralized clinical laboratory. He is also CEO of Gengest BVBA (management company), Biovest CVA, LMA BVBA, Laboraco BVBA, and he is director of DSJ Bruxelles NV and Oystershell NV. Rudi Mariën is a member of the

American Association for Clinical Chemistry AACC (formerly known as the American Association for Clinical Chemistry) is a global scientific society dedicated to clinical laboratory science and its application to healthcare. AACC's current president is Carmen Wiley, PhD, and the association ...

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Rudi Mariën

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