Aesica announced the appointment of two senior business development positions. Detlef Behrens has been appointed to the role of Vice President, Business Development, Finished Dose with Sven Wrabletz joining as Business Development Director, Finished Dose. Behrens has overall responsibility for business development and for finished dose services, covering formulation development, bulk manufacturing and packaging with a full international remit across the Group. Wrabletz is also responsible for finished dose development, manufacturing and packaging but with a geographic remit covering Northern Germany, Benelux and Eastern Europe. Both positions are based in Germany.

Prior to working for Aesica, Behrens held senior business development roles at Piramal and Next Pharma. As a qualified pharmacist he holds a PhD, and is a Board member and member of the Education Committee of DCAT.

Wrabletz holds a Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Business Administration and joined Aesica from Clondalkin, a packaging specialist.