NY-MEDIDATA
27.9.2021 23:02:09 CEST | Business Wire | Press release
Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, recently named Rama Kondru and Sastry Chilukuri co-CEOs. Both are Medidata veterans, with Chilukuri as the founding president of Medidata Acorn AI and Kondru as executive vice president and chief technology officer. Collaborating as CEOs will be nothing new for these industry leaders, having also partnered in roles prior to joining Medidata.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210927005812/en/
Chilukuri commented: “The life sciences industry is undergoing a sea change spurred by biological and technological innovation. We at Medidata are committed to being a trusted partner who helps customers deploy cutting-edge technology, data and AI to solve the impossible for patients.”
Kondru commented: "We are excited to build the next chapter of Medidata around three critical pillars: a unified platform covering the entire life cycle of drug development; 'maximizing analytics everywhere' to drive insights and efficiency and re-imagining the end-user experience for patients, sites, investigators, and researchers.”
Tarek Sherif and Glen de Vries , Medidata co-founders, will serve as chair and vice-chair of Dassault Systèmes Life Sciences & Healthcare, respectively. Their mission is to make Dassault Systèmes the leading platform for discovery, development, delivery, and the future state of healthcare around the world.
Before joining Medidata, Chilukuri was a partner at McKinsey & Company where he worked for 12 years advising bio-pharma, medical device, technology, PE and public sector clients around the world. Prior to that, he worked for GE Healthcare in software engineering, product development and operations.
Kondru joined Medidata from Janssen Americas, a Johnson and Johnson company, where he was senior vice president and CIO for Janssen Pharmaceuticals - Americas. Before that, he was CIO overseeing R&D and Innovation in the J&J Medical Devices group, and led a global data sciences team at J&J.
Medidata is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, which with its 3DEXPERIENCE platform is positioned to lead the digital transformation of life sciences in the age of personalized medicine with the first end-to-end scientific and business platform, from research to commercialization.
About Medidata
Medidata is leading the digital transformation of life sciences, creating hope for millions of patients. Medidata helps generate the evidence and insights to help pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and diagnostics companies, and academic researchers accelerate value, minimize risk, and optimize outcomes. More than one million registered users across 1,700+ customers and partners access the world's most trusted platform for clinical development, commercial, and real-world data. Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA), is headquartered in New York City and has offices around the world to meet the needs of its customers. Discover more at www.medidata.com and follow us @Medidata .
About Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, is a catalyst for human progress. We provide business and people with collaborative 3D virtual environments to imagine sustainable innovations. By creating virtual twin experiences of the real world with our 3DEXPERIENCE platform and applications, our customers push the boundaries of innovation, learning and production. Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 290,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 140 countries. For more information, visit www.3ds.com .
3DEXPERIENCE, the Compass icon, the 3DS logo, CATIA, BIOVIA, GEOVIA, SOLIDWORKS, 3DVIA, ENOVIA, NETVIBES, MEDIDATA, CENTRIC PLM, 3DEXCITE, SIMULIA, DELMIA, and IFWE are commercial trademarks or registered trademarks of Dassault Systèmes, a French “société européenne” (Versailles Commercial Register # B 322 306 440), or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210927005812/en/
Link:
About Business Wire
Subscribe to releases from Business Wire
Subscribe to all the latest releases from Business Wire by registering your e-mail address below. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Latest releases from Business Wire
Kiabi Selects Navan to Centralise Global Travel Program11.5.2026 09:00:00 CEST | Press release
Fashion retailer targets high employee adoption and efficiency with AI-powered travel platform Navan (NASDAQ: NAVN), the global AI-powered business travel and expense platform, today announced it has been selected by Kiabi, the French multinational fashion retailer, to consolidate its global travel with one unified platform. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260511547434/en/ Fashion retailer targets high employee adoption and efficiency with AI-powered travel platform To support its workforce of nearly 10,000 “Kiabers,” the retailer required a solution capable of providing an easy-to-use travel platform. Navan was selected due to its intuitive AI-powered interface and ability to integrate with Kiabi’s travel policies directly in-app. “Managing travel was becoming an administrative burden that slowed our teams down,” said Denise Maurice, Indirect Procurement Director at Kiabi. “We wanted to give our ‘Kiabers’ the
Owl Labs partners with Westcoast to expand access to seamless hybrid meeting experiences in the UK and Ireland11.5.2026 09:00:00 CEST | Press release
Partnership aims to reduce the ‘meeting tax’ by expanding access to Owl Labs products through Westcoast’s extensive distribution network Owl Labs, a global leader in AI-powered, 360-degree video conferencing solutions, today announced a new UK and Ireland distribution partnership with Westcoast Limited, one of the country’s largest and most trusted IT distributors. The agreement will see Westcoast distribute the full range of Owl Labs’ award-winning Meeting Owl and Owl Bar products across the UK and Ireland, providing greater choice, availability, and dedicated support for resellers and end customers navigating the demands of hybrid work. The partnership aims to address the technical setup challenges that plague meetings across the UK. Owl Labs’ recent State of Hybrid Work report found that nearly 8 in 10 workers (79%) lose time in meetings due to technical difficulties such as connecting to a meeting or setting up a camera. By making Owl Labs’ solutions simpler to source, deploy and s
Fujirebio Announces CE Marking of the Fully Automated Lumipulse® G pTau 217 Plasma Assay11.5.2026 09:00:00 CEST | Press release
H.U. Group Holdings Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Fujirebio today announced that Fujirebio Europe N.V. has obtained a CE certificate of the Lumipulse G pTau 217 Plasma assay under the Regulation (EU) 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDR). This CLEIA (chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay) test allows for the quantitative measurement of Tau phosphorylated at threonine 217 (pTau 217) in human plasma (K2EDTA). “With Lumipulse G NfL Blood and Lumipulse G pTau 217 Plasma now CE‑marked on our LUMIPULSE G platform, we are advancing a new era of neurology diagnostics—one where blood‑based biomarkers enable earlier, broader, and more accessible insights into Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration.” said Christiaan De Wilde, CEO at Fujirebio Europe N.V. “By delivering fully automated and scalable solutions, we are helping clinicians move decisively toward more timely and informed decision‑making. This milestone underscores our long‑term vision to reimagine the diagnostic
Mevion Introduces the First Proton Therapy System Designed for a LINAC Vault at ESTRO 202611.5.2026 08:00:00 CEST | Press release
The MEVION S250-FIT™ creates a new pathway for European cancer centers to integrate proton therapy into existing radiotherapy programs Proton therapy is entering the LINAC vault. At ESTRO 2026, Mevion Medical Systems will introduce the MEVION S250-FIT Proton Therapy System to the European radiation oncology community, the first proton therapy system designed for installation in a standard radiation therapy vault. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260507172087/en/ The MEVION S250-FIT™ Proton Therapy System Now both U.S. FDA-cleared and CE-marked under Regulation (EU) 2017/745, the S250-FIT creates a new pathway for cancer centers to bring proton therapy into existing LINAC-based treatment environments, aligning advanced proton capability with the infrastructure, workflows, and capital planning of modern radiation oncology. Stanford Medicine: First S250-FIT Installation On April 7, 2026, Stanford Medicine unveiled
Vedanta FY26 Profit Soars by 22% to $2.8 bn; Enters Demerger Phase11.5.2026 02:30:00 CEST | Press release
India-based Vedanta Limited (BSE: 500295 & NSE: VEDL), a global leader in metals, oil & gas, critical minerals, power and technology, announced its results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 March 2026. It has delivered its best-ever financial performance, driven by structurally strong businesses and disciplined execution. For the full year, Vedanta’s Profit stood at an all-time high of $2.8 bn, reflecting a 22% YoY increase and a profit of $1 bn in Q4 FY26, up nearly 90% YoY. Vedanta reported its highest-ever annual revenue of about $20 bn, up 15% YoY, with Q4 revenue at $5.6 bn, an increase of nearly 30% YoY. The Company maintained strong cost leadership, contributing to record EBITDA of $6.3 bn for FY26, up by about 30% YoY, with margins expanding to around 40%. Q4 EBITDA stood at $2.0 bn, up by nearly 60% YoY, with a margin of approximately 44%. The balance sheet strengthened further, with Net Debt/EBITDA improving to 0.95x, supported by strong cash generation. Underscor
In our pressroom you can read all our latest releases, find our press contacts, images, documents and other relevant information about us.
Visit our pressroom