Veracyte, Inc. announced that John Leite, Ph.D., has joined the company as senior vice president and general manager of Pulmonology & Market Access. Dr. Leite's responsibilities will include leading commercial activities for Veracyte's lung portfolio, including market development for the noninvasive Percepta Nasal Swab test in lung cancer, in advance of its broad commercialization, as well as market access for the company's CLIA portfolio. He will report to Tina Nova, Ph.D., president of Veracyte's U.S. CLIA Lab business.

Dr. Leite joined Veracyte from Intervenn, a private-stage diagnostics company where he was chief business officer, responsible for the company's commercial, partnership and market access strategy. Prior to that he held leadership positions at Illumina from 2014 to 2020, where he initially served as vice president, Oncology, Market Development and Product Development, and then as vice president, Clinical Business Development. Prior to Illumina, he was vice president of Commercial Strategy and Market Access at Genoptix Medical Laboratories.

Dr. Leite received his B.S. in Biochemistry from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, and completed post-doctoral work as a National Research Service Award Fellow at the California Institute of Technology.