Back Bay in the Boston Globe: Health Care Execs Could Lift GE’s Efforts in Life Sciences

“GE’s decision last year to move its headquarters to Boston, plus the promotion of its top health care executive, means the company likely wants to stay focused on health care,” Back Bay CEO and Founder Jonathan Gertler told the Boston Globe about GE’s announcement on June 12th that health care chief John Flannery was promoted to chief executive.

In “Promotion of health care execs could lift GE’s efforts in life sciences and health data,” Dr. Gertler joined other industry experts in sharing perspectives on this positive move for the life sciences and for Boston, given Flannery’s familiarity with the region’s healthcare community and recent initiatives with Boston-based hospitals.“I can’t imagine they’ve appointed the person who ran GE Healthcare to the top position in order to take their eye off health care,” said Gertler, chief executive of Back Bay Life Science Advisors.

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