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Stewart McNaull, PhD, Joins Wheeler Bio as SVP, Chief Business Officer

Life Science Partner announces the recruitment of Stewart McNaull, PhD, to develop commercialization and expand access of Wheeler Bio’s products and service offerings.

Stewart McNaull

Wheeler Bio, a quickly growing CDMO, retained Life Science Partner to recruit their President and Chief Operating Officer in 2022 to accelerate their advancement as an industry leader in biologics development services. After a thorough search, the company hired a seasoned executive to lead their strategic business opportunities and joint ventures. Early in 2023, Wheeler Bio contacted Life Science Partner to repeat the search to better fulfill the needs of the company.

As a result of reconvening the search and in partnership with the Wheeler Bio Board, Life Science Partner recruited Stewart McNaull, PhD, former Vice President and Business Unit Head, Biologics and Vaccines for Resilience, to serve as Wheeler’s Senior Vice President, Chief Business Officer.

“With his extensive commercial experience in the CDMO industry, McNaull will have a tremendous impact on the establishment of Wheeler’s strategic alliances and sales channel development.”

Tom Callaway, MD, Founder of Life Science Partner.

While at Resilience, McNaull managed the business operations and strategy for the Biologics and Vaccines commercial franchise encompassing seven development and manufacturing sites worldwide. Leading the design and execution of the company’s network development and sales/marketing strategy, McNaull was successful in spear-heading rapid growth and expansion of the company’s Biologics and Vaccines business.

Prior to his role at Resilience, McNaull served as Senior Vice President, Business Development for KBI Biopharma where he had global responsibility for the company’s sales and marketing strategy. Earlier in his career, McNaull served in business development and scientific engineering leadership roles for Diosynth Biotechnologies and Bayer Biologics.

McNaull received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University and his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Roger Lias, PhD, Joins Wheeler Bio as President and Chief Operating Officer

Life Science Partner announces the recruitment of Roger Lias, PhD, to Wheeler Bio to advance their expansion as cutting-edge biologics CDMO.

Roger Lias Wheeler Bio

Wheeler Bio, a CDMO, retained Life Science Partner to recruit their President and Chief Operating Officer to accelerate their growth as an industry leader in biologics development services. With a new state-of-the-art Oklahoma City facility, Wheeler Bio has revolutionized the speed of drug discovery with their novel hub-and-spoke concept and Portable CMC® platform that fast-tracks the pathway to IND.

After a nationwide search campaign, Roger Lias, PhD, former Chief Commercial Officer of Vibalogics, was recruited by Life Science Partner to serve as Wheeler Bio’s President and Chief Operating Officer beginning in September 2022.

“Lias’ well-established credibility in the biopharma CDMO industry combined with his entrepreneurial leadership experience made him an absolute fit for growing Wheeler Bio into the global partner of choice for biological companies.”

Tom Callaway, MD, Founder of Life Science Partner

Lias will hit the ground running joining the Wheeler Bio team at the BioProcess International Conference in Boston this month, September 2022. In his new role Lias will be responsible for spearheading strategic business opportunities, alliances and joint ventures and will lead a scalable business operations team keeping Wheeler’s technology development and functions aligned with the corporate strategy as industry demand increases.

Prior to joining Wheeler Bio, Lias served as the Chief Commercial Officer for Vibalogics, a Private Equity-backed CDMO that was acquired by Recipharm AB in February, 2022.  He has an extensive track record of entrepreneurial successes including Stelis Biopharma, Avid Biosciences, Allergan, Eden Pharma, Cytovance and KBI Biopharma.

Lias holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physiology and Biochemistry from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. He earned his PhD from Clare College, University Cambridge.

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Life Science Partner is a specialized executive search firm that recruits transformational leaders for healthcare and life sciences companies. Our high-touch, partner-led process ensures an exceptional level of service, while our backgrounds as physicians and industry executives enable us to efficiently deliver the brightest candidates in the medical device, biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and healthcare technology fields.

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Heather Creran Joins Lineagen as Chief Operating Officer (CEO)

Life Science Partner has recruited Heather Creran to become the Chief Operating Officer for Lineagen, an innovative genetics diagnostics company for neurodevelopmental disorders.

Creran’s depth of operational leadership experience will be a great asset for Lineagen, whose painless cheek swab test can detect hundreds of genetic conditions which can give rise to developmental delay and autism spectrum disorder. Lineagen’s test results are customized to help patients, parents and providers fully understand diagnoses and develop a healthcare management program which is tailored to the individual patient’s needs.

Heather Creran

“Throughout her career, Creran has demonstrated a knack for strategic thinking and operational success,” emphasized Tom Callaway, President and Founder of Life Science Partner. Creran comes to Lineagen with extensive experience in highly relevant leadership roles. Most recently, she served as President and Board Director for Emory Genetics Laboratory, a joint venture between Emory University and the US Clinical Diagnostics Division of Eurofins Scientific, an international provider of bioanalytical testing and genomics services. Also of note is Creran’s experience as President and CEO of the cancer diagnostics company SCI Laboratories.

Creran looks forward to leveraging her passion for operational excellence to pursue accelerating growth and success at Lineagen.

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Life Science Partner is a specialized executive search firm that recruits transformational leaders for healthcare and life sciences companies. Our high-touch, partner-led process ensures an exceptional level of service, while our backgrounds as physicians and industry executives enable us to efficiently deliver the brightest candidates in the medical device, biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and healthcare technology fields.

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John F. Hannon to join Exoxemis Inc. as Chief Operating Officer

Life Science Partner recruits former President and General Manager of the EDX Division of Elan Corporation

Life Science Partner announces the recruitment of John Hannon, an entrepreneurial biopharmaceutical executive, to Exoxemis, Inc. Exoxemis is an early-stage biopharmaceutical research and development company focused on prevention and treatment of serious infections and the significant and growing problem of microbial drug resistance.  

The company’s myeloperoxidase (MPO) technology is a versatile platform that can be leveraged into multiple product areas, including medical, biodefense, industrial, veterinary, disinfectant, and agricultural applications.

In Hannon’s most recent role at Elan, he was responsible for building the oncology portfolio as well as acquiring complementary products in the fields of sepsis and pain management.  He has a broad range of general management, business development, and sales and marketing for healthcare products in the domestic and international markets.

“John has a broad understanding of preparing markets for commercialization of products and proven executive management skills,” noted Tom Callaway, MD, founder and president of Life Science Partner.  “Exoxemis will allow him to lead a team in the company’s transformation from a clinical research and product development organization to a commercial company with innovative products to improve and save people’s lives.”

Hannon will direct a talented management team overseeing research and product development, clinical development, operations and sales and marketing.

John received his Graduate Medical Marketing degree from UCLA and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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