ALPHARMA NAMES SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES EXECUTIVE.FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 1996--ALPHARMA INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALO) today announced the appointment of Phil Corke to the position of Vice President, Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. for the Company. Mr. Corke joins the organization from Textron Corporation, where he was Director of Training, Development and International Compensation. Prior to his association with Textron, he was Human Resources Director-Europe for the Pharmaceutical Division of Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical corporation, formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company, founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were . He began his career in Human Resources with British Leyland where he held a number of staff and divisional HR positions. Commenting on the appointment, Einar W. Sissener, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ALPHARMA INC. said, "Phil Corke brings a keen strategic focus, broad industry experience and global awareness to the corporate Human Resources function and the senior management team of the Company. He will have responsibility for Company-wide human resources strategy and policies and for developing and recommending programs which support our business plans. This appointment is consistent with our strategy of growth and the development of the organization to achieve leadership positions in the businesses we are pursuing." ALPHARMA is a multinational pharmaceutical company developing, manufacturing and marketing specialty generic and proprietary human pharma-ceuticals and animal health products. ALPHARMA is the largest manufacturer of generic liquid and topical topical /top·i·cal/ (top´i-k'l) pertaining to a particular area, as a topical antiinfective applied to a certain area of the skin and affecting only the area to which it is applied. top·i·cal adj. pharmaceuticals in the U.S., has an established and growing market position in finished pharmaceuticals in Europe and the Far East, is a basic manufacturer of important specialty antibiotics Antibiotics Definition Antibiotics may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. , and is recognized worldwide as a leading provider of animal health feed additives for poultry poultry, domesticated fowl kept primarily for meat and eggs; including birds of the order Galliformes, e.g., the chicken, turkey, guinea fowl, pheasant, quail, and peacock; and natatorial (swimming) birds, e.g., the duck and goose. and livestock, and vaccines for farmed fish. CONTACT: Company Contact: Iris Daniels ALPHARMA INC. 201/947-7774 or Investor Contact: Donna Stein/Courtney Levi Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc. 212/850-5600 or Press Contact: Michelle Zawrothy Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc. 212/850-5631 |
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