McKesson appoints Biegel as VP of Product Management for Medical Imaging

McKesson Corp. has named Joe Biegel VP of product management for its Medical Imaging Group. Biegel will lead the product strategy, product management, alliance development and marketing functions as well as will manage McKesson's expansion into new medical imaging business markets.

Biegel most recently held senior executive roles at Mitra/Agfa Healthcare Informatics and has previously served in leadership roles at Hewlett-Packard/Agilent Technologies, Polaroid Medical Imaging Systems and The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co.

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