Medgenics board loses Lord Steinberg
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Lord Leonard Steinberg, a veteran businessman and non-executive director of "biological pump" developer Medgenics, has died. His sudden death, of which the cause has not been made public, happened on the night of November 2. He was aged 73. Lord Steinberg, who was a self-made millionaire, was appointed to Medgenics' board of directors in February 2008. The Israeli-based company said Lord Steinberg made an "invaluable contribution" to the continuing development of Medgenics during his two years as director and it was "shocked and saddened" by his untimely death.
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