Altasciences Welcomes Two New Veterinarians to their Preclinical Team
Laval, Quebec, September 17, 2019 – Altasciences is pleased to be adding Drs. Andrew Gorman and Sylvia West to their team of clinical veterinarians. Both will play key roles in providing clinical care, research, and surgical support, as well as insight into protocol development.
Dr. Gorman has a DVM from VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, and has experience in animal health in veterinary hospitals, emergency, and research settings. In addition to his previous veterinary role at Columbia University, Dr. Gorman was an active participant in the IACUC and contributed to the commissioning of Columbia’s largest vivarium. Dr. Gorman became a diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine in 2018.
Dr. West obtained her DVM from Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2015, and brings experience in small animal medicine and laboratory animal care. She recently completed her training in laboratory animal medicine, in which she was the primary reviewer for IACUC protocols and worked extensively with all laboratory animal species.
“Altasciences’ preclinical services team is driven to offering best-in-class veterinary care, and we are excited to be adding Dr. Gorman and Dr. West to our team. I believe the skills, passion, and energy that they bring to our animal care programs will go a long way to achieving our goals, and deepens Altasciences’ commitment to animal welfare. I personally look forward to working with them,” said Mike Broadhurst, General Manager at Altasciences’ Seattle site.
About Altasciences
Altasciences is a forward-thinking, mid-size contract research organization offering pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies a proven, flexible approach to preclinical and clinical pharmacology studies, including formulation, manufacturing, and analytical services. For over 25 years, Altasciences has been partnering with sponsors to help support educated, faster, and more complete early drug development decisions. Altasciences’ integrated, full-service solutions include preclinical safety testing, clinical pharmacology and proof of concept, bioanalysis, program management, medical writing, biostatistics, and data management, all customizable to specific sponsor requirements. Altasciences helps sponsors get better drugs to the people who need them, faster.
CONTACT:
Julie-Ann Cabana
Altasciences
913 304-4505
jcabana@altasciences.com
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Altasciences – Private Equity-backed and recent rebranding with digital marketing and media that plays like you’re watching a flick in the theatre, Altasciences is making noise with the vertical integration of its end-to-end capabilities since the acquisition of SNBL USA’s preclinical site in Everett, WA. The company’s leadership comes from a vast background of preclinical, beginning with CTBR – now Charles River. We’ve seen this approach before, but for some reason (I think much of it is company culture and leadership oriented / familiarity with preclinical AND clinical) Altasciences looks to have the winning formula. It will also be interesting to watch their strategic partnership with WuXi and how it impacts pulling preclinical programs into the clinic.
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Lynne LeSauteur, PhD, Joins Altasciences as Vice President, Immunochemistry and Immunology
Laval, Quebec, September 4, 2019 – Altasciences is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Lynne LeSauteur, PhD, to their bioanalytical management team, responsible for the Bioanalytical Services department in the U.S.A. and the Ligand Binding team in Canada.
Lynne has a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Therapeutics from McGill University and has over 20 years’ experience in biologic drug development. Most recently she was Director of Downstream Processing and Analytics as well as Program Leader Biologics and Biomanufacturing for the Human Health Therapeutics Research Center at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) where Lynne led numerous teams and initiatives to discover, biomanufacture, and characterize novel biologics for unmet needs, in collaboration with different biopharmaceutical companies. Prior to the NRC, Lynne worked at Charles River Laboratories where she established the Immunology Department, and led the scientific and strategic growth of that group from one to over 80 employees, effectively delivering expertise to sponsors in progressing numerous biologics through the drug development value chain.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome Lynne to the team at Altasciences. The breadth of her experience in both preclinical and clinical drug development, including her in-depth knowledge of immunotoxicology, immunogenicity, immunoassays, molecular biology, and biomarkers, will continue to enhance scientific guidance to our growing base of small- to mid-size clients,” said Marie-Hélène Raigneau, Executive Vice President, Research Services, at Altasciences.
Altasciences’ bioanalytical team consists of more than 100 dedicated scientists in both the U.S.A. and Canada who provide a comprehensive suite of bioanalytical services, from discovery to preclinical to phase IV clinical support, for both small and large molecules including immunogenicity, biomarker, and PK.
About Altasciences
Altasciences is a forward-thinking, mid-size contract research organization offering pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies a proven, flexible approach to preclinical and clinical pharmacology studies, including formulation, manufacturing, and analytical services. For over 25 years, Altasciences has been partnering with sponsors to help support educated, faster, and more complete early drug development decisions. Altasciences’ integrated, full-service solutions include preclinical safety testing, clinical pharmacology and proof of concept, bioanalysis, program management, medical writing, biostatistics, and data management, all customizable to specific sponsor requirements. Altasciences helps sponsors get better drugs to the people who need them, faster.
CONTACT:
Julie-Ann Cabana
Altasciences
913 304-4505
jcabana@altasciences.com
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