CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: JAV), a leading developer of novel products for pain control, named Derek Gallacher as European Managing Director. Based in Javelin’s newly opened Cambridge, UK office, Mr. Gallacher brings over 20 years of successful pharmaceutical experience, including research roles with Beecham and Glaxo Pharmaceuticals. His pain sector sales & marketing experience began in 1993 at Napp Pharmaceuticals Ltd where he held a number of commercial roles. He was promoted in 2002 to a pan-European position at the related company Mundipharma International Ltd, where he was Director of European Analgesic Marketing and then European Marketing Director. Last year, Mr. Gallacher began his own highly successful consultancy and from July 2006 has been integral in setting up European operations on behalf of Javelin.
