SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- BioDuro, LLC, a leading company in the business of life sciences outsourcing for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry with headquarters in San Diego, California and laboratory facilities in Beijing, China, announced today the recent appointment of Steven M. Hutchins, to the position of Vice President, Business Development & Collaboration Management. Mr. Hutchins is an internationally recognized pharmaceutical industry executive who joined BioDuro from Merck where he was Senior Director, Global Basic and Pre-Clinical Sourcing. In this role, Steven managed all Merck's external collaborations across the Basic Research and Preclinical Development sourcing areas.