Coldstream Laboratories appoints vp of manufacturing Coldstream Laboratories appoints vp of manufacturing Dr Vickie Hall takes responsibility for manufacturing, facilities and warehouse operations Lonza promotes Stefan Troger to Visp site manager Lonza promotes Stefan Troger to Visp site manager He succeeds Stéphane Mischler, who retires next year Starna Scientific appoints Nathan Hulme as a director Starna Scientific appoints Nathan Hulme as a director To help guide expansion plans at the spectroscopy specialist Bath professor receives Wolfson Merit Award Bath professor receives Wolfson Merit Award The award will fund Jonathan Williams\' research into metal catalysts for new chemical reactions Takeda appoints new CMSO and CCO Takeda appoints new CMSO and CCO To strengthen the Japanese firm as it integrates Nycomed Novartis appoints global head of development Novartis appoints global head of development Promotes Timothy Wright to the role SCM wins award for Outstanding Growth SCM wins award for Outstanding Growth UK CDMO has almost doubled in size during 2011 BTG names non-executive chairman BTG names non-executive chairman Former chief executive of SSL International joins healthcare firm Dales Pharmaceuticals makes four appointments Dales Pharmaceuticals makes four appointments Including three new UK managers and a project manager for the Denmark plant Patheon makes change to management structure Patheon makes change to management structure Seeks a new chief financial officer Jonathan Arnold returns to Catalent Jonathan Arnold returns to Catalent As vice president and general manager of sterile technologies Heptares expands executive management team Heptares expands executive management team With the appointment of Daniel Grau as president Copley Scientific kicks off local football team sponsorship Copley Scientific kicks off local football team sponsorship Edwalton Cavaliers hope to climb Young Elizabethan Football League Aesica expands Formulated Products team Aesica expands Formulated Products team Appoints James Rogers as business development manager at Queenborough, Kent Novavax hires vp of process development Novavax hires vp of process development Dr Erica Shane takes the role at the US biopharmaceutical firm Lundbeck strengthens r&d business Lundbeck strengthens r&d business Appoints vps in regulatory product support ELGA Process Water employs sustainability manager ELGA Process Water employs sustainability manager Sofia Figueiredo will help reduce the firm’s environmental footprint Cherwell celebrates fortieth birthday Cherwell celebrates fortieth birthday UK firm is dedicated to environmental monitoring and validation of sterilisation processes DIA appoints director at DIA India DIA appoints director at DIA India Kaushik Desai takes up the role David Meeker to become ceo of Genzyme David Meeker to become ceo of Genzyme Takes the role from 1 November Vanda Pharmaceuticals appoints chief commercial officer Vanda Pharmaceuticals appoints chief commercial officer Bob Repella joins US biopharmaceutical firm Alan Pilgrim becomes Synexus’ chairman Alan Pilgrim becomes Synexus’ chairman Takes over from Professor Trevor Jones, who will continue as a board director Patheon’s North American president to leave the firm Patheon’s North American president to leave the firm Peter Bigelow to pursue new opportunities from 1 November Quantitech supports Arctic greenhouse gas research Quantitech supports Arctic greenhouse gas research Canadian researcher uses DX4015 FTIR analyser to investigate soils in the High Arctic