New GenPrime CEO

Congrats to Buck Somes, the new CEO of Spokane-based GenPrime. We've known Buck for a number of years and, as one of the co-founders of the company, he'll have steady hands at the helm. Former CEO, Johnny Humphreys, will remain with the company as chairman of the board. The company has some interesting products in development, the latest of which is BacSTAT for detecting bacteria contamination in blood. It's not approved yet by the FDA, but it has some potentially life-saving applications in the healthcare setting, such as providing better safeguards for transfusions.

-posted by Rachel