January 11, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: TLCR) has appointed Drayton Virkler as senior director of the Talecris Investor Relations department.

In his new role, Virkler will be responsible for building and leading Talecris’ Investor Relations department, including communications with the analyst and investor communities and all other shareholder communications.

Virkler assumed his new role on January 4, transitioning from the position of director, U.S. product management for the Talecris Hypermune franchise, which develops products to treat and prevent a wide range of potentially fatal infections.

Prior to his arrival at Talecris, Virkler spent five years at GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) in positions of increasing responsibility, including senior product manager for the migraine marketing team and product director for Advair marketing. Before his tenure at GlaxoSmithKline, Virkler served as a research and development chemist at a specialty chemical manufacturer.

North Carolina-based Talecris Biotherapeutics is a global biotherapeutic and biotechnology company that discovers, develops and produces treatments in a range of therapeutic areas including immunology, pulmonology, neurology and hemostasis.

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