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Hill’s Pet Nutrition exec will lead Kansas
City Area Life Science Institute
A veterinarian and executive for Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc.
has been named as the new CEO of the Kansas City
Area Life Science Institute.Dr. Wayne Carter will take
over leadership of the institute on June 18, the
organization’s board of directors announced
Wednesday. He replaces CEO Dan Getman, who is
retiring after running the institute since 2009.Carter
currently is vice president of global research at Hill’s
Pet Nutrition in Topeka, helping commercialize new
product discoveries. Previously, he spent 11 years at
Pfizer Inc.
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chairman of the Center for Animal Health Innovation in
Olathe and vice chairman of KansasBio, which
promotes life science throughout the state.“Dr. Carter
brings a proven record of success in human and
animal research and product commercialization, as
well as strong leadership skills and a business-driven
focus,” Dr. Patrick James, the institute’s chairman and
senior managing director of Quest Diagnostics Inc.
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, said in a released statement.The institute works to
unify local human and animal health research and
development efforts and is spearheading the
Translational Research Initiative, one of the Big 5
initiatives announced by the Greater Kansas City
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company last year. That initiative is looking to create
the infrastructure for local researchers and companies
to develop existing scientific discoveries into new
health products and treatments.The institute also has
been heavily involved in lobbying Missouri lawmakers
to create more state incentives to attract and retain
bioscience and technology companies, such as the
Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act, or
MOSIRA, which was signed into law last fall. However,
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declared MOSIRA unconstitutional earlier this year
because of a technicality.
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