Viropro, Inc. Appoints Cynthia Ekberg Tsai as Chairperson of its Board of Directors
19 Oktober 2011 - 2:50PM
Business Wire
VIROPRO (VPRO.PK) today announced the appointment of
Ms. Cynthia Ekberg Tsai as the Chairperson of its Board of
Directors to further support Viropro’s plans and strategy for
global growth.
Ms. Tsai will provide Viropro with her expertise in private
equity financing and development of high-growth companies by
securing private capitalization from high-net worth investors. Ms.
Tsai spent 16 years on Wall Street as a Vice President with Merrill
Lynch and Kidder Peabody. She has been involved in venture funding,
IPOs, and investor relations specifically in the healthcare space.
Ms. Tsai is the Founder and CEO of HealthExpo, the largest consumer
healthcare event in the US, where she grew the enterprise from
concept to execution, attracting more than 50 million consumers to
HealthExpo. Previously, Ms. Tsai was a General Partner in MassTech
Ventures, a multi-million dollar equity fund focused on technology
development at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ms. Tsai
serves on the Board of Selectors for the Jefferson Awards, is a
Member of the Women's Foreign Policy Group, a member of the Asia
Society, and an Advisor to Avjet Biotech. In 1999, the Harvard
Business School Alumni Chapter in New York recognized Tsai with an
Early Stage Honor Roll Award for Entrepreneurship. In 2004, she
also received a “Leading Woman Entrepreneur of the World” Award
from the Star Foundation in Overland Park, Kansas. She earned a
B.A. in Psychology from the University of Missouri.
According to Dr. Rajiv Datar, President and CEO of Viropro,
“Recognizing the dynamic growth of the biotech contract research
space, which includes contract development and manufacturing
activities, Cynthia Tsai is a valuable resource for the current and
future development of Viropro. Her financial expertise and
healthcare experience and successes will be invaluable in advising,
assessing, and accelerating Viropro’s growth.”
Ms. Tsai commented, “Joining Viropro in the capacity of a
Chairperson is an honor and a wonderful opportunity to advance the
biotech contract research and manufacturing (CRAMS) space as a
whole. Work in healthcare, specifically in the biotech CRAMS space,
provides a unique opportunity with a noble underpinning in terms of
cost, scientific and technological development, and job creation. I
am pleased to be joining Viropro on this mission.”
About Viropro, Inc.:
Viropro, Inc. conducts operations through its subsidiaries
Viropro International Inc., Biologics Process Development, Inc.,
Alpha Biologics Ltd. and Alpha Biologics Sdn. Bhd. Viropro’s
principal objective is to provide high-yield development and GMP
manufacturing services to biopharmaceutical companies in global
markets with unmet medical and/or market needs. The Company
specializes in the transfer of its core and proprietary
technologies for industrial production of biopharmaceutical
therapeutic proteins for the treatment of various diseases
including cancer, diabetes, hepatitis and multiple sclerosis.
(www.viropro.com)
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