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Biopharmaceutical research company, Syntaxin welcomes Dr. Laurence Barker as Head of Business Develo
Added: (Fri Nov 07 2008)
Syntaxin is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Laurence Barker to the newly created role of Head of Business Development. Dr. Barker joins Syntaxin from MorphoSys AG where he held the position of Associate Director, Business Development.
Oxford, UK -- As Syntaxin have created this new role to initiate further business deals to aid the research and development of Syntaxin’s technology.
In his previous position, Dr Barker led negotiations and completed several complex licensing deals and strategic collaborations with US, European and
Japanese organisations, including those with the large Japanese pharmaceutical companies Daiichi-Sankyo, Astellas and Shionogi. He was also a key member of the MorphoSys team that negotiated and signed the transformational strategic partnership with Novartis in 2007. Prior to MorphoSys, Dr. Barker was Project Manager at Sympore GmbH, a private drug discovery company, where he led a multidisciplinary project team within research and early development of biopharmaceuticals.
At Syntaxin, Dr. Barker will assume responsibility for the implementation of the business development and commercial strategies surrounding the
Syntaxin’s proprietary re-targeted endopeptidase discovery platform. He has an MSc in Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular biology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from the Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen, Germany, and an MBA from the Judge Business School, Cambridge University.
Patrick Doyle, CEO of Syntaxin, said: “We are delighted to welcome
Laurence to the Syntaxin team. He brings an impressive track record in business development particularly in innovative platform technologies and this will be of great benefit to the Company as we look to strengthen and expand our growing business development efforts.”
For more information on biopharmaceuticals or on Syntaxin’s work, visit
http://www. syntaxin.com.
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Press Contact:
Syntaxin Ltd
Units 4-10, The Quadrant
Barton Lane
Abingdon
Oxon
OX14 3YS
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 552100
Fax: +44 (0) 1235 552200
Email: info@syntaxin.com
About Syntaxin:
Syntaxin Ltd is a biotech company that designs and develops novel drugs for the treatment of cell secretion.
Syntaxin is based near Oxford in the UK and has raised in excess of £22 million since late 2005 from top tier investors Abingworth, SR One, LSP, JJDC and Quest for Growth.