Printer Friendly
The Free Library
19,585,895 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Business Development Specialist Joins Cook Pharmica.


BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Cory Lewis has joined Cook Pharmica, the global biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing division of Cook Medical, as director of business development.

With over a decade of biopharmaceutical experience, Lewis most recently served as vice president of sales & marketing at Althea Technologies, Inc. supporting the contract manufacturing division. Prior to his work with Althea, Lewis worked for Baxter Healthcare in a variety of global businesses and functional areas spanning across finance, marketing and business development.

"Cook Pharmica's expansion as a full service provider presents tremendous opportunities for the company," said Lewis. "I'm thrilled to lend my expertise at this exciting time."

His success in building collaborative teams, focused on delivering high levels of customer service, will serve Cook Pharmica's clients well as the company continues to expand its current active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility to include formulation, filling and finishing of parenteral parenteral /pa·ren·ter·al/ (pah-ren´ter-al) not through the alimentary canal, but rather by injection through some other route, as subcutaneous, intramuscular, etc.

par·en·ter·al
adj.
1.
 products--both vials and syringes.

"Cory's has a strong, cross-functional background including specific experience in contract manufacturing of biologics API and parenteral injectable products. His experience will be of great value to our team and customers as Cook Pharmica furthers efforts to become a full service provider and global leader in the contract manufacturing market," said Cook Pharmica President Tedd Green.

Lewis earned his undergraduate degree in finance from Indiana University and holds a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management
  • Two of the Kellogg School's other executive MBA programs are also highly ranked by the Financial Times. The School's Kellogg-HKUST program at the Hong Kong UST Business School is ranked No.
.

About Cook Pharmica

Cook Pharmica (www.cookpharmica.com) is a biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO CDMO Compact Disk Magneto Optical
CDMO Contract Data Management Office
CDMO Centralized Dormitory Management Operation
CDMO Compact Disc Magneto Optical
) manufacturing mammalian cell culture-based pharmaceuticals for pre-clinical through commercial use. Cook Pharmica also offers cell line/strain development, clone selection, cell line adaptation, media optimization, process development, analytical development, cell banking/storage, stability testing/storage and regulatory submission support, and will be offering parenteral contract filling and finishing in early 2010.

About Cook Medical

Cook Medical was one of the first companies to help popularize pop·u·lar·ize  
tr.v. pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing, pop·u·lar·iz·es
1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle.

2.
 interventional medicine, pioneering many of the devices now commonly used worldwide to perform minimally invasive medical procedures. Today, the company integrates minimally invasive medical device design, biopharma, gene and cell therapy and biotech to enhance patient safety and improve clinical outcomes in the fields of aortic aortic

pertaining to or emanating from the aorta. See also aortic arch.


aortic aneurysm
occurs most often in dogs, where it is caused by Spirocerca lupi larvae, turkeys and primates, causing dyspnea, cyanosis and coughing.
 intervention; interventional cardiology interventional cardiology Cardiology The subspecialty of cardiology dedicated to the diagnosis, medical and mechanical therapy, pre- and post-procedure management of adult patients with acute and chronic forms of cardiovascular disease amenable to catheter-based ; critical care medicine; gastroenterology gastroenterology

Medical specialty dealing with digestion and the digestive system. In the 17th century Jan Baptista van Helmont conducted the first scientific studies in the field; William Beaumont published his own observations in 1833.
; radiology, peripheral vascular, bone access and oncology; surgery and soft tissue repair; urology urology

Medical specialty dealing with the urinary system and male reproductive organs. It traces its origin to medieval lithologists, itinerant healers who specialized in surgical removal of bladder stones.
; and assisted reproductive technology Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is a general term referring to methods used to achieve pregnancy by artificial or partially artificial means. It is reproductive technology used in infertility treatment, which is the only application routinely used today of , gynecology and high-risk obstetrics. Founded in 1963 and operated as a family-held private corporation, Cook is a past winner of the prestigious Medical Device Manufacturer of the Year Award from Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine. For more information, visit www.cookmedical.com

Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5962962&lang=en
COPYRIGHT 2009 Business Wire
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2009 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Publication:Business Wire
Date:May 13, 2009
Words:438
Previous Article:Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Provides Swimming Pool Safety Tips to Help Hotels Reduce Liability.
Next Article:Acme Packet Partners with Sprint Sp. z o.o. in Poland to Help VECTRA Secure its VoIP Interconnect Borders.
Topics:



Related Articles
People on the move.
South-central Indiana update: the region's top business stories.
Biotech in Bloomington: life sciences thrive with area's educated workforce.
Bloomington.
Bioreactors in Bloomington: the start of a biotech drug cluster?
What is a Bioreactor?
Biosciences scorecard: report finds Indiana one of the country's top three life-sciences states.
Honoring excellence: improving businesses improve Indiana. Winners of the 2007 BKD Indiana Excellence Awards.

Terms of use | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles