Alacrita Appoints Stuart Hendry as Associate Partner to Strengthen Medtech Practice
LONDON and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, September 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Life science consulting firm Alacrita announced today that it has strengthened its medical technology practice with the appointment of Dr Stuart Hendry as an Associate Partner. Stuart is based in the Cambridge, UK office and will help serve Alacrita's growing roster of clients in the medical device and diagnostics sectors.
Stuart brings a depth of industry expertise and management consulting experience to Alacrita. Most recently he was the CEO of Sphere Medical, a UK medical device company commercialising a range of patient monitoring and diagnostic products which he took through an IPO to an AIM listing. Prior to founding Sphere Medical, he held a number of senior operational roles including Pfizer Hospital Products, Diametrics and PowderJect PLC.
Stuart was formerly Head of the Life Sciences practice at Scientific Generics PLC in Cambridge, UK, an international science, technology consulting and product development group. As a medical device consultant, he focuses on technical and commercial due diligence, innovation and product development strategy and advises on a broad range of companies in diagnostics, patient monitoring and drug delivery.
"I am very pleased to join the excellent team at Alacrita and I look forward to contributing to the firm's medtech activities in this extremely exciting time for life sciences and medical devices globally." said Stuart.
"We believe that seasoned industry expertise is essential to deliver value to a sophisticated life science client" said Mark Wickham, Alacrita Partner and Head of the firm's Medtech Practice. "Medtech companies are facing ever-increasing market complexity as the international regulatory, market access and commercial landscapes continue to evolve. With the addition of Stuart to the partnership, we are better positioned than ever to serve our innovative medtech clients who are focussed on bringing complex, differentiated medical solutions to the world's patient populations,"
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About Alacrita
Alacrita is a rapidly growing management consulting firm providing expertise-based services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life science sectors. The firm is supported by an unrivalled team of experts who operate across the spectrum of life sciences. They combine extensive international industry experience (strategic, technical and commercial), broad functional capabilities and a track record of success across the industry.
Alacrita Europe:
London BioScience Innovation Centre
2 Royal College Street, London, NW1 0NH
Tel: +44-207-691-4915
Anthony Walker, Partner
awalker@alacrita.com
+44-7713-402771
Simon Turner, Partner
sturner@alacrita.com
+44-7971-627173
Mark Wickham, Partner
mwickham@alacrita.com
+44-7500-901790
Alacrita US:
One Broadway, 14th floor
Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142
Tel: +1-617-758-4119
Rob Johnson, Partner
rjohnson@alacrita.com
+1-781-249-3324
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