Strategic Diagnostics Appoints Kevin J. Bratton as Chief Financi...( NEWARK Del. May 26 /- Strategic Diag...),Health

NEWARK, Del., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Strategic Diagnostics Inc. (Nasdaq: SDIX) - today announced that Kevin J. Bratton has joined the Company as its Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2009. Mr. Bratton was most recently Senior Vice President Business Operations for EUSA Pharma (USA), Inc. in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Mr. Bratton had been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cytogen Corporation in Princeton, New Jersey prior to its acquisition by EUSA Pharma, Inc. in May 2008.

Mr. Bratton has over 35 years of experience in all phases of multi-national financial operations across the healthcare, biotechnology and technology industries, including developing strategic plans and annual budgets as well as financing negotiations and merger & acquisition transactions. Most recently at EUSA Pharma (USA), Mr. Bratton's responsibilities included business development and sales in Latin America and Canada. At Cytogen, he led the financial review of strategic alternatives resulting in an acquisition by EUSA Pharma, Inc. Prior to joining Cytogen, Mr. Bratton was Chief Financial Officer at Metrologic Instruments, Inc., a global technology company, where he directed the company's finance operations during a period of significant growth in sales, net income, cash flow from operations, and working capital. Previously, Mr. Bratton worked at The JPM Company, where he served as chief financial officer and as director of external reporting. Prior to joining JPM, Mr. Bratton worked for more than 20 years in the healthcare sector. He was vice president of finance and treasurer for the biotechnology company IGI, Inc., and corporate controller for the specialty medical company Delmed, Inc. Mr. Bratton began his career with the public accounting firm Touche Ross & Co. (now Deloitte & To
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