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Proxima Hires Webster for Senior Product Development Position

Life Science Partner connects experienced medical product engineer with radiation delivery systems company:

Life Science Partner announces the placement of R. Michael Webster as senior director of product development at Proxima Therapeutics in Alpharetta, Georgia. In this new capacity, Webster assumes overall responsibility for the development and improvement of products based upon the company’s proprietary delivery system. He will oversee a team of engineers as well as external engineering and manufacturing resources. Proxima Therapeutics, a privately held medical device company, develops innovative radiation delivery systems for the treatment of solid cancerous tumors.

“Michael is regarded by his peers—and the engineers who have served on his teams—as an excellent manager,” says Life Science Partner Vice President Cynthia B. Roberts. “With his start-to-finish engineering expertise from design and development through manufacturing, he’ll prove a strong asset for Proxima.”

Webster is an accomplished project manager with a 17-year career spent engineering balloon and other catheters as well as radiation therapy products. Prior to joining Proxima, Webster was group manager, research and development at Novoste Corporation in Norcross, Georgia. At Novoste, Webster guided strategy, scheduling, budgeting, product development conformity, quality protocols and regulatory efforts.

As program manager with the Balloon Catheter/Stent Delivery Systems Group at Cordis Corporation in Miami Lakes, Florida, Webster led engineering activities on multiple PTCA/PTA delivery system projects. His responsibilities included physician opinion evaluation, product design, competitive product analysis, and portfolio strategies.

Webster initiated his medical device career at North American Instrument Corporation (NAMIC), Glens Falls, New York, where he was senior manufacturing engineer in the project engineering department. With NAMIC, he was task team leader for new product and automation projects including an inflation device for cardiology, radiology drainage bag manufacturing, an introducer sheath, and many more.

During a combined seven years at Coleco Industries and Ingersoll-Rand, Webster also worked as an engineer focused on consumer products and power tools manufacturing.

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David Enscore to Direct Product Research and Development at Altea Therapeutics

Life Science Partner placement brings a record of innovation to Atlanta-based company

Life Science Partner announces the placement of Dr. David J. Enscore as senior vice president, product research and development with Altea Therapeutics in Atlanta. As an integral part of Altea’s executive leadership, the 20-year industry veteran will direct pharmaceutical and clinical product development while playing an important role in identifying and pursuing strategy. Altea Therapeutics works with the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries to develop alternatives for medicine and vaccine delivery.

“When we introduced David to Altea, he was very impressed with the company and its microporation technology,” says Life Science Partner Founder and President Thomas H. Callaway. “Because there are so few candidates with David’s qualifications and his unique background suits Altea’s needs perfectly, this is an exceptional placement.”

Enscore comes from Spherics, a Rhode Island-based early phase drug delivery company using bioadhesive polymers and nanoencapsulation to improve the oral bioavailability of therapeutic agents. As vice president of R&D there, he was responsible for all scientific and technical operations the from the company’s inception. Later, Enscore assumed general management responsibilities as well. With Focal, Inc., a medical device company commercializing resorbable surgical sealants and drug delivery platform polymers, he served as vice president and guided all materials-related activities, including all research and development activities related to Focal’s core polymer technologies. During a 16-year career at ALZA Corporation, where he began his career as a chemical engineer, Enscore held the titles of executive director, transdermal product development; director, new product discovery; director, physical sciences; and others. At ALZA, he managed the development of four controlled release pharmaceuticals including the NicoDerm CQ patch. Enscore is an inventor on 24 U.S. patents in drug delivery and medical devices.

Enscore earned both his doctorate in chemical engineering (with a minor in polymer science) and his bachelor’s in chemical engineering at North Carolina State University.

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