MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 28, 2026--
Biodextris, a Laval, Quebec based biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) today announced the appointment of Clement Fourny as its Chief Executive Officer. Biodextris is known for its expertise working with complex biologics and Clement with over two decades of commercial and financial leadership experience across the life sciences and healthcare sectors, is ideally positioned to lead Biodextris into its next phase of growth.
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Most recently, Clement served as Senior Vice President, Commercial at SmartLabs in Boston, where he led comprehensive commercial organization and spearheaded the launch of a new Custom Solutions division, securing landmark laboratory partnerships with biopharma companies across North America. Prior to SmartLabs, he served as General Manager, Commercial Operations & Strategy at Cytiva (formerly GE Healthcare Life Sciences), where he built deep expertise in the CDMO and biologics manufacturing space.
Clement’s appointment reflects Biodextris's journey from its roots as a GSK biologics development centre to a uniquely flexible and scalable GMP bio-manufacturing organization with a strong track record working with biopharma clients across North America. His expertise in go-to-market strategy, global account management, commercial operations, and organizational transformation positions Biodextris to capture growing demand for specialized biologic manufacturing services.
"Clement is exactly the leader Biodextris needs at this stage of our journey. His track record in building commercial organizations, securing landmark partnerships, and — above all — his ability to develop and empower teams to innovate, make him the ideal CEO to lead our next chapter. We are thrilled to welcome him to the Biodextris family."
Nir Nimrodi, Executive Chairman, Biodextris
AboutBiodextris
Biodextris is a Canadian contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) headquartered in Laval, Quebec, specializing in complex biologics development and manufacturing for life sciences clients. Biodextris provides integrated CDMO services — from early-stage development through to commercial manufacturing — to biopharma companies across North America and internationally. Biodextris is an ARCHIMED company.
Biodextris Appoints Clement Fourny as new CEO.
SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday, aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA’s Artemis moon program.
The spacecraft almost didn't achieve the long-desired goal after one of its engines shut down too soon. But with everything else working well and the bad engine no longer needed, flight controllers decided after several tense minutes to proceed as planned.
“Starship is orbital,” Mission Control announced to cheers.
Founder Elon Musk’s showpiece rocket — the biggest and most powerful ever built — carried 26 of the latest and most advanced Starlink satellites to join the 11,000 older models already providing internet service.
It was Starship’s 14th full-scale launch from Texas’ southern tip in three years. The earlier test flights ventured no farther than the Indian Ocean halfway around the world, often crashing in flames and briefly skimming space.
This time, SpaceX was intent on circling the globe from an altitude of 170 miles (275 kilometers) — not just once but six times over almost 10 hours, ending with a Pacific splashdown near Chile.
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The first-stage booster wasn’t meant to return to the Starbase launch site either, instead dropping into the Gulf of Mexico within minutes of the morning liftoff.
SpaceX wants to ensure that everything works before flying Starship back to Starbase. If the spacecraft breaks apart over land and rains debris onto people, “our popularity would diminish very rapidly,” Musk said at a business summit earlier this month. “That’s why we’re being extremely cautious here.”
If all goes well with this orbital debut, the next Starship will return to the launch pad with giant mechanical arms grabbing the hovering spacecraft. If the catch works — Musk gives it even or slightly better odds — then SpaceX will refly the spacecraft by year’s end or early next.
The 407-foot (124-meter) rocket was designed from the start to be fully reusable — a key to lowering launch costs. SpaceX managed to salvage the last Starship from the Indian Ocean in July. Engineers modified the newly launched Starship’s heat shield based on hands-on inspections from the recovered spacecraft, which is being tugged back to Starbase.
SpaceX is pressing hard to certify Starship for orbital flight, a vital step toward moon and Mars travel.
NASA’s Artemis III mission is coming up as soon as next summer, a triple-launch docking exercise in orbit around Earth between an Orion capsule full of astronauts and competing lunar landers. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Moon will blast off first, then Orion — which will close in for a linkup — then Musk’s Starship for a docking with Orion once Blue Moon unleashes.
The next mission — Artemis IV slated for no sooner than 2028 — would have astronauts landing on the moon in either Blue Moon or Starship, whichever is ready first. Subsequent moonshots will alternate between the two billionaires’ landers.
Musk originally developed Starship for Mars, intending to launch scores of them with the red planet’s first settlers. For now, he plans to focus on the moon and use Starship to haul satellites into orbit by the truckload, phasing out the company’s frailer Falcon 9 rocket within several years. A second Starship launch site is nearing completion at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center and a third is planned for Louisiana.
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SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A man watches at sunset as SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Seagulls fly near the site of SpaceX's mega rocket Starship as it is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
David Orr camps out near the site where SpaceX's mega rocket Starship, behind right, is preparing for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
David Orr rides his bike past SpaceX's mega rocket Starship as it is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
