PPD, Inc.

Andreas Tschirky, Ph.D., has been appointed leader of BioDuro, a Beijing-based drug discovery services company acquired by PPD last year. Dr. Tschirky will be responsible for providing scientific and operational leadership and managing the growth of the company.

“With more than 18 years of experience, Dr. Tschirky is extremely skilled at building and leading successful teams,” said Lee Babiss, Ph.D., executive vice president of global laboratory services. “He is frequently consulted by the Chinese government on new regulations to support development of China’s biopharmaceutical industry, and Dr. Tschirky’s expertise will be valuable as we continue to see strong demand for our discovery services.”

Dr. Tschirk joins the company from Roche, where he spent the past 11 years. Most recently, he served as general manager of its R&D Center in China, responsible for establishing and operating the center. Dr. Tschirky also served as head of R&D of Roche in China and held leadership roles with Roche China, Roche Basel and other Roche research facilities. Prior to joining Roche, Dr. Tschirky was assistant group leader of an interdisciplinary group of scientists at Paul-Scherrer Institute and later served as project leader for the establishment of the New Adler-Pharmacy at Buchs, St. Gallen in Switzerland.