Cambridge Major Laboratories

Richard C. (Rick) Proehl bas been appointed vice president of manufacturing at Cambridge Major Laboratories. Mr. Proehl will be responsible for all plant scale manufacturing operations, as well as all engineering and EHS functions. He has more than 30 years of API manufacturing experience and a strong EHS and Quality Compliance background.

“Rick brings a wealth of experience to our team and his focus on quality and execution is a great fit with our company values,” said Brian Scanlan, president and chief executive officer of Cambridge Major. “Rick further structures our rapidly growing API manufacturing business, while building enhanced systems and sustainability across all of our manufacturing assets.”

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Proehl served as the St. Louis site director for Covidien, where he was responsible for the company’s largest API plant and led all aspects of the manufacturing operations, and regulatory compliance of the resident R&D operations, as well as logistics and quality support of a remote API facility.

During his 30-year career at Covidien, Mallinckrodt, he held positions including radiopharmaceuticals production manager, plant manager, and general manger, peptides.