Exact Sciences Corp. announced that Scott Coward has been named Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the company effective January 1, 2015. Coward brings with him decades of experience working with large corporations and emerging growth healthcare companies.

Most recently, he was managing partner of K&L Gates' Raleigh, N.C. office with a specialization in corporate, securities and M&A for life sciences companies. Coward counseled pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies spanning multiple disease states in areas including R&D, complex licensing, healthcare data and intellectual property. Prior to his tenure with K&L Gates, Coward held roles as General Counsel at Blue Rhino Corporation, Associate General Counsel at GE Medical Systems Information Technologies and Partner at Smith Anderson.