Cook Pharmica, the contract biopharmaceutical manufacturing division of Cook Medical, has named two vice presidents to its corporate leadership. Connie Degen has been named vice president of operations and Tedd Green has been named vice president of business operations and chief financial Officer.

Ms. Degen has worked extensively in Quality and Manufacturing operations in both the food and pharmaceutical industries. Prior to joining Cook Pharmica, she served as the quality director for Baxter Pharmaceutical Solutions, a sterile parenteral contract manufacturer. She became Cook Pharmica’s director of quality in 2004 and then assumed responsibilities for manufacturing group as director of operations. In her new role, Ms. Degen is responsible for directing and overseeing all activities of manufacturing, maintenance, manufacturing sciences and engineering.

Mr. Green joined Cook Pharmica in 2005 after serving as a senior business analyst for Eli Lilly & Co. He was responsible for providing strategic financial and general business support to Lilly’s Business-to-Business operations and was involved in pricing and discounting strategies, economic impact modeling and establishing a new distribution services model in the U.S. marketplace. Mr, Green’s responsibilities as vice president of business operations and CFO include providing overall strategic leadership by overseeing the fiscal, human resource, project management, business development and marketing programs, policies and services.

“Connie and Tedd both have demonstrated excellent leadership and performance and have been very valuable to our progress to date,” said Cook Pharmica president Jerry Arthur. “These roles will assist in positioning Cook Pharmica for expected workforce growth and capacity expansion.”