Biocartis Group NV announced the establishment of its US subsidiary, Biocartis US Inc., and the appointment of Vishal Sikri as its US General Manager. Both are important next steps in the execution of Biocartis' US strategy following the announced commercialization agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. in November 2016.

The company announced the appointment of Vishal Sikri as the General Manager for its US operations. Before joining Biocartis, he was Managing Director and VP Commercial Operations responsible for all global commercial operations of Sysmex Inostics, the molecular diagnostics' division of Sysmex Corporation.