Covance Appoints Dr. Steven M. Michael as Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Global Bioanalytical Services
— New head of global bioanalytical services brings 15 years of industry experience to Covance —

PRINCETON, NJ, July 7, 2009 — Covance Inc. today announced that Steven M. Michael, Ph.D. has joined the company as vice president and chief scientific officer of global bioanalytical services. With 15 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, including bioanalytical research, translational research, and talent development, Dr. Michael will lead scientific, marketing, and business development strategy for Covance's bioanalytical services.

Dr. Michael joins Covance from Pfizer Global Research and Development where he served as executive director of bioanalytical research in Worldwide Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics & Metabolism. As a member of the executive leadership team, he provided strategic leadership for the Worldwide Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics & Metabolism group and led the regulated bioanalytical support of the Pfizer human health portfolio. Dr. Michael's experience also includes drug discovery, drug development, and research technology with focus on bioanalytical research, translational research, biomarkers, and leadership development.

Dr. Michael received a doctorate in analytical chemistry from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and has been published in various scientific publications, including Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, and International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Process.

Offering global flexible capacity and more than 350 bioanalytical scientists with more than 2,600 years of combined industry experience, Covance's bioanalytical services group develops and validates more than 550 methods every year to support drug development from discovery through Phase IV.

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