Dr. Henk Kocken joined Alvine Pharmaceuticals as Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs in June of 2007. Dr. Kocken has held various academic and industry positions for over twenty years with increasing responsibility in quality management and compliance, and specializes in building company-wide quality systems compliant with cGMP, FDA and worldwide regulations and ISO-9000. Prior to joining Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Kocken served as Head of Quality at KaloBios, Inc. and Vice President, Quality Systems at VaxGen, Inc. In addition, he has held leadership positions at CoTherix, InterMune, FibroGen, BioRad and Clontech. Before relocating to the United States, Dr. Kocken was Assistant Professor Molecular Biology at Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands. Dr. Kocken holds a Bachelors degree in Biochemistry and a Masters degree in Molecular Biology, both from Nijmegen University, The Netherlands and received his Ph.D. in Chemical Technology from Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. |