Tony Hitchcock's Biography

Tony Hitchcock, Head, Cobra Biomanufacturing Plc

Tony has over 28 years of experience in the large-scale manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. Tony has held positions in the Blood Products Laboratory (Elstree) and at Zeneca Pharmaceuticals in the protein process development department. Tony was a founding staff member of Cobra and has been responsible for the development of much of Cobra’s DNA manufacturing technology. Tony has published several papers in the field and is an inventor on two families of Cobra’s process patents. He also has extensive experience in chromatographic purification. Within Cobra, he has had a number of senior roles, managing both manufacturing and development functions within the company, and his current role is based on the development and introduction of new technologies into the company, with specific emphasis on single use systems.
He is currently a member of the steering committee of the UK Bioprocess Research Industry Club (BRIC), the scientific advisory of the Pharmaceutical Centre for Excellence (COEBP) at the University of Manchester and the industrial advisory board for the Astbury Centre at the University of Leeds and an assessor for the UK Research Councils (EPSRC, BBSRC and MRC) Chemical Biology Collaborative Networks initiative.