Meet Eugene Halligan: Ambry’s Global Product Manager
Japan is at a nascent stage for providing genetic testing as part of their health care delivery, but thanks to a wealth of genetic research and innovation at the University of Tokyo (Todai), the National Cancer Research Institute of Japan (NCC), and in partnership with Konica Minolta, Ambry Genetics and REALM, efforts are underway to develop and deliver a new approach to personalized medicine and targeted cancer care in Japan. Under the direction of Dr. Hiroyuki Mano of the NCC; Professor Hiroyuki Aburatani at Todai and Chief Medical Advisor at Konica Minolta REALM (KMR); and Kiyotaka Fujii, Senior Executive Vice President Konica Minolta and Chairman of REALM IDx, the Todai OncoPanel (GenMine TOP2) is anticipated to become one of the most extensively used and comprehensive oncogenic testing panels available in the country.
With a strong foundation in place, Ambry Global Product Manager Eugene Halligan is working with Junji Tashiro, President of KMR, and Yoshitake Tamaoka, head of commercial activities at KMR, to develop a program that will capture the Japanese customers’ voice and effectively communicate the value of Ambry’s and KMR’s genetic testing products to the Japanese people. For example, he recently traveled to Japan and met with our KMR colleagues, Japanese key opinion leaders, patient medical advocacy groups and frontline clinicians to determine how to best market CancerNext and GeneMineTOP as a solution that can drive cancer research and improve cancer detection and treatment in Japan.
When Halligan isn’t immersing himself in the Japanese medical culture, he lives in Huntington Beach with his wife Katherine and daughters, Grace and Rose. Grace is an accomplished ballet student, while her sister Rose is a budding theater performer. Both excel at science and math. Katherine is the publishing director for Penguin Random House where she leads the Ladybird imprint, a children’s book publishing house based in the U.S. and U.K. The family also shares their home with Molly Tallulah Halligan; a Shichon dog welcomed during the pandemic.
Meet Eugene Halligan: Ambry’s Global Product Manager
Japan is at a nascent stage for providing genetic testing as part of their health care delivery, but thanks to a wealth of genetic research and innovation at the University of Tokyo (Todai), the National Cancer Research Institute of Japan (NCC), and in partnership with Konica Minolta, Ambry Genetics and REALM, efforts are underway to develop and deliver a new approach to personalized medicine and targeted cancer care in Japan. Under the direction of Dr. Hiroyuki Mano of the NCC; Professor Hiroyuki Aburatani at Todai and Chief Medical Advisor at Konica Minolta REALM (KMR); and Kiyotaka Fujii, Senior Executive Vice President Konica Minolta and Chairman of REALM IDx, the Todai OncoPanel (GenMine TOP2) is anticipated to become one of the most extensively used and comprehensive oncogenic testing panels available in the country.
With a strong foundation in place, Ambry Global Product Manager Eugene Halligan is working with Junji Tashiro, President of KMR, and Yoshitake Tamaoka, head of commercial activities at KMR, to develop a program that will capture the Japanese customers’ voice and effectively communicate the value of Ambry’s and KMR’s genetic testing products to the Japanese people. For example, he recently traveled to Japan and met with our KMR colleagues, Japanese key opinion leaders, patient medical advocacy groups and frontline clinicians to determine how to best market CancerNext and GeneMineTOP as a solution that can drive cancer research and improve cancer detection and treatment in Japan.
When Halligan isn’t immersing himself in the Japanese medical culture, he lives in Huntington Beach with his wife Katherine and daughters, Grace and Rose. Grace is an accomplished ballet student, while her sister Rose is a budding theater performer. Both excel at science and math. Katherine is the publishing director for Penguin Random House where she leads the Ladybird imprint, a children’s book publishing house based in the U.S. and U.K. The family also shares their home with Molly Tallulah Halligan; a Shichon dog welcomed during the pandemic.