SP Industries appoints new Chief Operating Officer SP Industries appoints new Chief Operating Officer Brian Wright will head all of SP Industries factory operations Dr John Tchelingerian becomes Chairman of Promethera Biosciences Dr John Tchelingerian becomes Chairman of Promethera Biosciences Biotech entrepreneur brings scientific, dealmaking and commercial experience to the team Santen hires Paolo Casati as General Manager of Santen Italy Santen hires Paolo Casati as General Manager of Santen Italy An important step in the company achieving a global presence in Europe Peter Lirusso to develop Multisorb Technologies customer base in Canada Peter Lirusso to develop Multisorb Technologies customer base in Canada He is appointed as Business Development Leader at the company ABPI appoints first Project Director with responsibility for manufacturing ABPI appoints first Project Director with responsibility for manufacturing James Christie joins the Association after three years at Oxford Biomedica SynGen appoints new President of Cell Processing Business Unit SynGen appoints new President of Cell Processing Business Unit David Hodl is a former Becton Dickinson Business Development Manager Professor Sir Michael Rawlins to become Chairman of the MHRA in the UK Professor Sir Michael Rawlins to become Chairman of the MHRA in the UK He replaces Sir Gordon Duff Pump Solutions makes three appointments Pump Solutions makes three appointments Following Dover Fluid's realignment of its pump businesses Dr Daphne Tsitoura joins Allergy Therapeutics as Head of Clinical Science Dr Daphne Tsitoura joins Allergy Therapeutics as Head of Clinical Science She will lead the clinical development team in Worthing and Munich Ulf Wiinberg resigns as CEO of Lundbeck Ulf Wiinberg resigns as CEO of Lundbeck Following a breach in the company's code of conduct USP names Kelly Willis as Senior Vice President for Global Public Health USP names Kelly Willis as Senior Vice President for Global Public Health She will develop and execute a strategy for global public health New Haven Pharmaceuticals expands management team New Haven Pharmaceuticals expands management team Hires Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Business Officer; newly created positions BIA builds on continued strength with new Board and staff appointments BIA builds on continued strength with new Board and staff appointments The new and re-elected Board members will serve from 1 January for a term of three years Theorem Clinical Research prepares for growth Theorem Clinical Research prepares for growth Appoints vice presidents of biopharmaceutical and business development Georges Thiry becomes COO at BioNet-Asia Georges Thiry becomes COO at BioNet-Asia He takes up the role early next year at the pertussis vaccine developer Ablynx welcomes Johan Heylen as Chief Commercial Officer Ablynx welcomes Johan Heylen as Chief Commercial Officer Heylen has spent more than two decades in the pharma industry with GSK, Servier and Wyeth John Farrell named as Chief Operating Officer of ProductLife John Farrell named as Chief Operating Officer of ProductLife He brings a track record of working with R&D business functions in the pharma and medical devices industries Matcon appoints new Managing Director Matcon appoints new Managing Director Dave Cooper steps up from Operations Director Stefan Oschmann takes over as President of IFPMA Stefan Oschmann takes over as President of IFPMA Pledges to focus on accelerating access to medicines for people in low to middle income countries Pam Cheng joins board of Codexis Pam Cheng joins board of Codexis She is a 17-year veteran of Merck & Co Allied Minds appoints Donna See as Vice President Allied Minds appoints Donna See as Vice President To lead the development of technology transfer partnerships with US universities Patheon appoints industry veterans to senior sales and marketing roles Patheon appoints industry veterans to senior sales and marketing roles Tom Sellig becomes SVP Global Sales and Christopher Tama joins the company as SVP Global Marketing Chimerix names two new executives Chimerix names two new executives Peter Payne becomes SVP, Business Development and Corporate Strategy, and Roberto Guzman becomes VP, Corporate Compliance Vetter makes changes in its Development Service Division Vetter makes changes in its Development Service Division Susanne Resatz becomes President of Process Development and Manufacturing at Chicago facility