Latest Business and People News
Updated employee announcements, business news, awards and recognition in the industry today.
People NewsCelerion has appointed Marc Hoffman, MD as Chief Medical Officer. Hoffman joins from Patient iP where he served as Chief Medical Officer, providing clinical leadership around the company’s platform, customer programs and related medical affairs activities.
PAREXEL has announced the appointment of Simon Harford as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective June 1, 2017. Harford will serve on PAREXEL's Business Review Committee and assist in developing and implementing company objectives.
ERT has appointed industry veteran Ellen Street as Executive Vice President, Cardiac Safety. Street brings over 20 years of product management, commercial leadership and marketing experience across multiple segments of the life sciences industry.
ERT announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Waqar Nasim, has been awarded a SmartCEO Philadelphia Executive Management Award.
Illingworth Research, a UK-based CRO offering medical photography and mobile research services, has appointed Joanne Lemura as the Research Nursing Team Manager, to be based in Australia.
RecognitionERT was recognized as a finalist for the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT) Technology Company of the Year Award.
QuintilesIMS has been named to FORTUNE magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” list for the third consecutive year.
PPD has been named to Training Magazine’s Top 125 list of businesses that excel in employee learning and development for the sixth consecutive year.
Business NewsCertara has announced that the Standards Council of Canada has awarded the Good Laboratory Practices certification to its Strategic Consulting Montreal facility.
Integrium, LLC, a full-service Clinical Proof of Concept (PoC) Firm, has announced the launch of its newly revamped website.
Clinerion has announced the expansion of its activities into countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EEMEA). This initiative is spearhead by the appointment of BariÅ ErdoÄan, PhD as Head of the EEMEA Region.
Unlock Commercial Growth through Data-Driven Patient and HCP Insights
May 2nd 2025Leveraging data-driven patient and healthcare provider (HCP) insights, including social drivers of health (SDOH), is essential for life sciences companies to continuously improve patient engagement and commercial success. Mark Rodgers, AVP of Commercial Analytics at Inovalon, discusses how identifying treatment milestones, assessing HCP performance, and segmenting patient populations using SDOH data can drive targeted strategies that improve healthcare outcomes and market access
Improving Relationships and Diversifying the Site Selection Process
April 17th 2025In this episode of the Applied Clinical Trials Podcast, Liz Beatty, co-founder and chief strategy officer, Inato, discusses a number of topics around site engagement including community-based sites, the role of technology in improving site/sponsor relationships, how increased operational costs are impacting the industry, and more.
FDA Approves Nipocalimab for the Treatment of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
April 30th 2025Approval is based on results from the pivotal Vivacity-MG3 trial in which IMAAVY (nipocalimab-aahu) demonstrated superior disease control throughout 24 weeks when compared to placebo plus standard of care.
