Jean-Luc Herbeaux joins Hovione

Portuguese contract development and manufacturing organization Hovione has named Jean-Luc Herbeaux as its new chief operating officer.

Dr Herbeaux has been with German speciality chemicals company Evonik for 20 years, and most recently headed its healthcare business.

He called Hovione a “company with a great vision, great people and great science and it has an important role in the pharma industry”.