Prior to his promotion, Mr Zhou served as vice president of manufacturing overseeing several good manufacturing practice manufacturing plants. As executive vice president, Mr Zhou broadens his responsibilities beyond manufacturing to include sales and marketing and other executive office support.
Mr Yin joined Simcere in 2000, and as vice president of R&D he introduced both Bicun and Endu to the company together with many other pipeline products. In his new role as senior vice president of R&D, Mr Yin will continue to oversee the company’s R&D activities with a focus on bringing more pipeline products and senior R&D professionals to the company.
Mr Li joins Simcere from Taikang Insurance where he was general manager of training and human resources. Prior to Taikang, Mr Li held the position of vice president and director of human resources at Novartis China.
Jinsheng Ren, chairman and CEO of Simcere, said: “We are delighted to promote Jindong Zhou and Xiaojin Yin to new positions with increased management responsibilities. These executives have made many valuable contributions to Simcere and we know their strong leadership and execution capabilities will continue to help Simcere achieve further growth.”