Renalytix Appoints Senior Executive Howard Doran as Chief Business Officer

Doran Brings Significant Diagnostics Sector Experience to Lead the KidneyIntelX Global Sales Effort

LONDON and SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Renalytix plc (NASDAQ: RNLX) (LSE: RENX), the first company to commercialize an FDA approved artificial intelligence (AI) enabled prognostic blood test for individuals with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, announces the appointment of Howard Doran as Chief Business Officer, effective September 1, 2023. Mr. Doran’s primary responsibility will be leading the KidneyIntelX global sales effort. He is a senior executive with over 30 years of diversified general management, strategic planning, and marketing/sales experience in the diagnostics and pharmaceutical industries in domestic and international markets.

Mr. Doran served as LipoScience, Inc's President and Chief Executive Officer until successful completion of LabCorp’s acquisition of the company in November 2014. Preceding LipoScience, Mr. Doran was President and Chief Operating Officer of Constitution Medical, Inc., an early-stage in vitro diagnostics company and developer of the Bloodhound Fully Integrated Hematology System, which was acquired by Roche Diagnostics, Inc. in July 2013. Prior to Constitution Medical, Mr. Doran was a member of the senior executive team of Hologic, Inc. and served as President of Hologic's Global Diagnostics business. Mr. Doran joined the senior management team of Hologic in 2007 at the time of Hologic's acquisition of Cytyc Corporation, where he had been serving as Senior Vice President and Business Unit Director of Cytyc’s $500 million in vitro diagnostics business. From 1997 through 2007, he was a key member of the management team of Cytyc Corporation during Cytyc’s dramatic growth, serving in a number of senior commercial roles of increasing responsibility including physician sales and marketing, managed care initiatives and laboratory sales and marketing. Mr. Doran holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

James McCullough, Chief Executive Officer of Renalytix, commented: “Howard brings significant experience to benefit Renalytix’s sales and strategy at a time when KidneyIntelX has achieved necessary regulatory, outcomes data and reimbursement milestones to bring lifesaving prognosis to care delivery for the approximately 14 million Americans with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease. I am very excited to begin working with Howard closely this fall to achieve our business and patient service objectives.”