FRAZER, Pa., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cephalon, Inc., today announced that effective February 5, 2010, Robert P. Roche, Jr., Executive Vice President of Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operations, will resign his position with the company to pursue other longstanding interests. During his tenure, Mr. Roche established and grew the Cephalon sales and marketing organization into a global business that exceeded $2 billion in annual sales revenue. The company will announce plans for its leadership and the commercial organization in the near future. Additionally, the global commercial leadership team, Alain Aragues, President of Cephalon Europe, Paul Li, Senior Vice President of International Pharmaceutical Operations, and Robert Repella, Senior Vice President of U.S. Pharmaceutical Operations, will continue to lead their respective organizations.
Since 1995, Mr. Roche has led the worldwide commercial organization which now has more than 30 products. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operations, in 2000, and named an Executive Vice President in 2005. Before joining Cephalon, Mr. Roche served as Director and Vice President, Worldwide Strategic Product Development, for SmithKline Beecham’s central nervous system and gastrointestinal products business. He also was managing director of SmithKline’s pharmaceutical operations in the Philippines. He also held senior marketing positions in Canada and Spain and had product planning responsibilities for SmithKline in Latin America.
About Cephalon, Inc.
Founded in 1987, Cephalon, Inc. is an international biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of many unique products in four core therapeutic areas: central nervous system, inflammatory diseases, pain and oncology. A member of the Fortune 1000 and the S&P 500 Index, Cephalon currently employs approximately 3,000 people in the United States and Europe. U.S. sites include the company’s headquarters in Frazer, Pennsylvania, and offices, laboratories or manufacturing facilities in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Salt Lake City, Utah, and suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The company’s proprietary products in the United States include: NUVIGIL(R) (armodafinil) Tablets [C-IV], TREANDA(R) (bendamustine hydrochloride) for Injection, AMRIX(R) (cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride extended-release capsules), FENTORA(R) (fentanyl buccal tablet) [C-II], TRISENOX(R) (arsenic trioxide) injection, GABITRIL(R) (tiagabine hydrochloride), PROVIGIL(R) (modafinil) Tablets [C-IV] and ACTIQ(R) (oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate) [C-II]. The company also markets numerous products internationally. Full prescribing information on its U.S. products is available at http://www.cephalon.com or by calling 1-800-896-5855.
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