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Sutro Biopharma Announces Two Executive Promotions to Vice President of Quality and Vice President of Manufacturing
Mr. Carlos Lugo promoted to Vice President of Quality and CMC Regulatory Operations Mr. Devendra Luhar promoted to Vice President of Manufacturing & Plant
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[{"type":"text","content":"Mr. Carlos Lugo promoted to Vice President of Quality and CMC Regulatory Operations\n Mr. Devendra Luhar promoted to Vice President of Manufacturing & Plant Operations\n\n\nSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRO), a clinical-stage drug discovery, development and manufacturing company focused on the application of precise protein engineering and rational design to create next-generation oncology therapeutics, today announced the promotion of two of its executives. Mr. Carlos Lugo has been promoted to Vice President of Quality and CMC Regulatory Operations and Mr. Devendra Luhar has been promoted to Vice President of Manufacturing & Plant Operations.\nMr. Lugo has over 25 years of combined experience in Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, and Manufacturing. He joined Sutro in 2016 as Senior Director of Quality and was promoted to Executive Director in 2018. At Sutro, Mr. Lugo has been instrumental in building the quality systems for manufacturing clinical product in the San Carlos cGMP manufacturing facility. Prior to joining Sutro, Mr. Lugo held the role of Global Quality Systems Director at Bayer, supporting hematology products. He has also held various leadership positions at Merck, Hospira (acquired by Pfizer), Johnson & Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb and Baxter. Mr. Lugo received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus.\nMr. Luhar has over 30 years of experience in biotech operations, including Manufacturing, Manufacturing Science and Technology, Engineering and Logistics. He joined Sutro in 2016 as Senior Director of Manufacturing and was promoted to Executive Director in 2018. At Sutro, Mr. Luhar has led the formation of Sutro's manufacturing organization and GMP compliant operations and is responsible for Sutro's cGMP manufacturing facility. Prior to joining Sutro, Mr. Luhar held senior leadership positions at Boehringer-Ingelheim, Novartis, Genzyme, and Baxter Bioscience where he worked for 12 years. Mr. Luhar received his B.A. in Biology from San Jose State University.\n\"At Sutro, we have a foundation of experience and a talented team of people in place to support our drug discovery platform and to advance our and our collaborators' clinical development programs,\" said Dr. Shabbir Anik, Chief Technical Operations Offi...