Repligen Hires Former Life Technologies Executive Tony J. Hunt as Chief Operating Officer
WALTHAM, Mass., May 6, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Repligen Corporation, a life sciences company focused on the manufacture and commercialization of bioprocessing products, today announced the appointment of Tony J. Hunt to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Hunt was most recently President, BioProduction at Life Technologies, a global life sciences company whose acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific was completed earlier this year. At Life Technologies, Mr. Hunt played a key role in the development and growth of the company's bioprocessing business, where he focused on expanding the upstream Gibco® cell culture franchise and building the downstream purification and analytics franchises. Mr. Hunt is an accomplished life sciences industry veteran who will oversee commercial and manufacturing operations for Repligen. "We welcome Tony to the Repligen management team, where his industry knowledge and understanding of bioproduction market drivers will help guide the