January 29, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Cephalon, Inc., (NASDAQ: CEPH) has promoted Kevin Buchi to a new position as chief operating officer and Wilco Groenhuysen to executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Buchi will have responsibility for the company’s worldwide pharmaceutical operations, worldwide technical operations, investor relations and business development. He joined Cephalon in 1991 and became CFO in 1996. Groenhuysen, who replaces Buchi as CFO, will now have responsibility for worldwide finance, commercial operations and risk management. Prior to Cephalon, he was CFO and SVP of Phillips Electronics North America, where he served in various finance roles over his 20 years with the company.

The company also promoted Alain Aragues, to EVP & president of Cephalon Europe. Aragues joined Cephalon in 2002 to lead the company’s expansion in France following its 2001 acquisition of Group Lafon and was appointed president of Cephalon Europe in 2005.

Pennsylvania-based Cephalon is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and bringing to market medications for difficult to treat and rare conditions.  

The Cephalon European headquarters and pre-clinical development center are located in Maisons-Alfort, France, just outside of Paris. Key business units are located in England, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands for the Benelux countries, and Poland for Eastern and Central European countries. Cephalon Europe markets more than 30 products in four areas: central nervous system, pain, primary care and oncology.

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