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This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Terumo Heart: Ann Arbor, Mich., subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate names Thomas Gould as VP-clinical affairs and Mark Bullivant as director for international sales on Aug. 5, adding to the firms burgeoning left ventricular assist device unit. Gould comes from a VP of sales and marketing post at VentraAssist VAD developer Ventricor, which announced in March that it has run out of money. He will oversee Terumo's 140-patient U.S. pivotal trial for the DuraHeart ventricular assist device as a bridge-to-transplant (1"The Gray Sheet" April 13, 2009). Bullivant joins Terumo from St. Jude Medical's international cardiac surgery business and will focus on developing Terumo's international DuraHeart business, the company says