Sandra Wells

Chief IP Counsel at Cepheid

Sandra Wells is an accomplished legal professional with extensive experience in intellectual property and patent law. Currently serving as Chief IP Counsel at Cepheid since May 2020, Sandra has previously held significant roles, including Vice President, Patents and Assistant General Counsel at Vivus Inc from June 2012 to May 2020, and VP and Chief IP Counsel at Affymetrix from September 2001 to June 2012. Sandra's early career includes a role as a Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley, focusing on translational regulation of gene expression. Sandra holds a Juris Doctor from Santa Clara University School of Law, a Ph.D. in Molecular & Cellular Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Whitman College.

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Cepheid

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Cepheid is a molecular diagnostics company. The Company develops, manufactures and markets fully-integrated systems for testing in the Clinical and Non-Clinical markets. The Company's systems enable molecular testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases by automating otherwise complex manual laboratory procedures. The Company's systems integrate these steps and analyze biological samples in test cartridges. Its primary offering is the GeneXpert system, which integrates sample preparation in addition to Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) amplification and detection. The GeneXpert system is designed for a range of user types ranging from reference laboratories and hospital central laboratories to satellite testing locations, such as emergency departments and intensive care units within hospitals, as well as physician offices and other alternate site laboratories. It also offers the SmartCycler system, which integrates DNA amplification and detection to allow rapid analysis of a sample.


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