Imalux Names New President, CEO

Imalux Corp., a medical device company based in Cleveland, Ohio, announced the appointment of Michael Burke as its president and chief executive officer. He will also become a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Burke’s thirty year health care industry career has included ten years in various domestic and international management positions at Scientific Products and American Hospital Supply Corporation (now Cardinal Health). At Picker International (now Philips Medical Systems) Burke was one of the founders of the Health Care Products Division which later became Source One. In 1995 he joined a private company, AccuMed International, and was key in taking AccuMed public. In 1998 Burke led the acquisition of the microbiology assets of AccuMed, founding Trek Diagnostic Systems. In 2006 he arranged the sale of Trek to Magellan Bioscience, and chose to remain as CEO until November 2008.