Cytovance Biologics hires vp of sales and business development

Valerie McDonnell joins from Althea

Cytovance Biologics, a biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing company specialising in the production of therapeutic proteins and antibodies from mammalian cell culture, has appointed Valerie McDonnell as vice president of sales and business development.

McDonnell has more than 22 years’ experience in the biotech industry. Prior to joining Cytovance she was vice president of sales at Althea.

Before joining Althea she was a study director at BioReliance where she was responsible for client programmes in the Molecular Biology Department. She also worked at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and participated in the Haemophilus influenzae sequencing programme.

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