News from Syntagon - 2008
June 2008
Visit us at CPhI (ICSE).
30th September - 2nd October 2008.
Messe Frankfurt, Germany. Stand 41C17, Hall 4.1
June 2008
New co-worker: Anna Norgren, Ph.D. - Sales Manager Europe.
Anna finalized her Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, in early 2007. She was supervised by Per I. Arvidsson and her thesis was titled “Conformational Stability: Synthesis and Conformational Studies of Unnatural Backbone Modified Peptides”. After a period of post-doctoral research in the group of Professor Norbert Sewald at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, Anna joined Syntagon as a Sales Manager in June 2008.
March 2008
Syntagon now recruiting organic chemists.
We are looking for Ph.D. level organic chemists to join our team in Riga, Latvia. Applicants must be fluent in English and previous CRO or industrial experience would be an advantage. For further information please contact, Andis Slaitas (Latvian site manager) on 0037 1674 90881.
January 2008
Pilot plant inauguration event.
Syntagon celebrated the formal opening of its new 1 million Euro pilot plant with over 60 customers from around Europe and the United States on the 17th of January. Following presentations by guest speakers, Prof. Jan-Eric Bäckvall from Stockholm University and Dr. Trevor Laird from Scientific Update, our guests were offered tours of the plant. The main attraction was the new QVF / De Dietrich 800 L glass lined reactor which allows Syntagon to increase it s batch size, thereby meeting customers GMP production needs up to phase II clinical trials.
January 2008
New co-worker: John Cameron, Ph.D. - Director of Sales and Marketing Europe
John finalized his Ph.D. in molecular biology at the University of Edinburgh, U.K., in 1995. After a period of post-doctoral research at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, John moved into various sales and marketing roles in the U.K., U.S.A. and Sweden with companies such as Stratagene, Life Technologies and Invitrogen. John joined Syntagon in January 2008 and brings over 12 years experience in selling and marketing to pharmaceutical, biotech and academic customers.