Mi­cro­bio­me play­er uBio­me puts founders on leave, in­ter­im CEO promis­es to as­sist in fed­er­al probe

When Joe Jimenez signed on to the board at uBio­me last fall, the new­ly ex-No­var­tis chief was clear­ly hop­ing to put the con­tro­ver­sy over his re­la­tion­ship with Pres­i­dent Trump’s per­son­al at­tor­ney — Michael Co­hen — be­hind him and start a new chap­ter in his sto­ried ca­reer.

In­stead, he’s found him­self in­volved in a fresh scan­dal in­volv­ing an FBI in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to uBio­me’s billing prac­tices. To­day, the com­pa­ny’s founders who re­cruit­ed Jimenez, Jes­si­ca Rich­man and Zac Apte, have been placed on leave while gen­er­al coun­sel John Rakow steps up as in­ter­im CEO in charge of an in­ter­nal in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

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