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• Clinical Trials of America (Eugene, OR) has opened a new Seattle site and named Kathy Hendricks as its site manager.
Kathy Hendricks
• Bringing with him more than 25 years experience in clinical trial planning, Ron Kershner has been appointed Global Head of Clinical Reporting at Novella Clinical (Research Triangle Park, NC).
Ron Kershner
• ACM Global Central Lab (Rochester, NY) has made several changes to its team with the additions of Angela Panzarella as President, Mary Williamson, PhD, as Director of Laboratory Operations, and Andrew Bascom as Director of Data Management and Clinical Systems. The company has also promoted Tracy Hendershott to Vice President, Clinical Trials Global Operations, and Brian Clark to Senior Business Development Director, North America.
Angela Panzarella
• WorldCare Clinical (Boston, MA) has promoted Richard Walovitch, PhD, from Chief Medical Officer to President, and Xiaozhou Ma, MD, has joined as Associate Director of Quantification and 3D Imaging.
Richard Walovitch, PhD
• With more than 20 years of experience with the drug development industry, David J. Browne has joined Unilabs YBS (York, UK) as Business Development Manager.
• Premier Research Group (Philadelphia, PA) has appointed Charlene Sanders, MD, to the position of Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs and Pediatric Strategic Consulting and appointed Christopher Codeanne to Chief Financial Officer.
• DaVita Clinical Research Laboratory Services, SM Division (Minneapolis, MN) has promoted Kevin J. Goudreau to Vice President of Development.
• TranScrip Partners (Reading, UK) has made several additions to the company including Julia Lloyd-Parks and Mark Watling as senior partners.
• PharmaNet Development Group (Princeton, NJ) has hired Chris Beaver, PhD, as Director, Immunochemistry Services, as well as Catherine Derasp, as Vice President, Clinical Operations, of the company's Phase I clinics.
• After working at Praxis (Lake Forest, IL) since 2002, Kevin J. Wysocki has accepted an invitation to become a partner at the firm.
• PPD (Wilmington, NC) has appointed Elena Logan as Senior Vice President of Global Central Labs.
• Lifetree Center for Neuroscience Research (Salt Lake City, UT) has appointed Miroslav Backonja, MD, as Medical Director.
• CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services (Blue Ash, OH) recently promoted Ranjana Iyer to Clinical Safety Scientist.
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Awards
Jonathan Trethowan, Director of TRAC, a Cornish regulatory affairs company, won the Inspiration Award at the TOPRA Symposium held in London after being nominated by TRAC Regulatory Affairs Executive, Lisa Pascoe.
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Unifying Industry to Better Understand GCP Guidance
May 7th 2025In this episode of the Applied Clinical Trials Podcast, David Nickerson, head of clinical quality management at EMD Serono; and Arlene Lee, director of product management, data quality & risk management solutions at Medidata, discuss the newest ICH E6(R3) GCP guidelines as well as how TransCelerate and ACRO have partnered to help stakeholders better acclimate to these guidelines.
Managing Side Effects and Dosing in Off-Label GLP-1 Use with Help from Real-World Evidence
July 18th 2025Shipra Patel, global therapeutic area section head, endocrinology, global head, pediatrics, Parexel, explains how real-world data is helping researchers navigate gastrointestinal side effects, dose flexibility, and long-term tolerability in off-label GLP-1 use.
Anselamimab Misses Primary Endpoint in Phase III CARES Trials for AL Amyloidosis
July 17th 2025In the Phase III CARES trials, anselamimab did not meet the primary endpoint for advanced-stage AL amyloidosis, but a prespecified subgroup analysis revealed meaningful improvements in survival and cardiovascular outcomes.