Cedra names two new directors

They join business development in generics and automation for the bioanalytical division

Cedra Corporation, a division of Worldwide Clinical Trials and provider of Phase I-IIb clinical research and bioanalytical services, has appointed John Pottier as senior director of business development in generics and Thomas Lloyd as director of automation for the Bioanalytical Group.

Pottier has more than 17 years within the sales and marketing sector of the contract research organisation (CRO) market.

Prior to joining Cedra, Pottier held positions with Novum Pharmaceutical Research Services and PRACS Institute/Cetero Research relating to business development.

Lloyd has more than 22 years of experience in developing and automating analytical and bioanalytical processes. His specific expertise is in automation systems and analytical instrument development, bioanalytical chemistry, in vitro DMPK studies, software programming and application, statistics, chemometrics and GLP requirements.

Prior to joining Cedra, Lloyd led the automation group at Pfizer, previously known as Wyeth Research. He has held previous positions at DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company and Glaxo.

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