Updated employee announcements, business news and recognition in the industry today.
People
Cliff Echols
SCORR Marketing, a global health science marketing and communications firm, has announced the addition of three employees--Cliff Echols as market intelligence director; and Kerry Hutchings and Cherie Squires as senior directors of program management.
Kerry Hutchings
TFS International, a Sweden-based, global mid-size CRO, has appointed Birgitte Volck, MD, PhD, as a non-executive Director to serve on the Company's Board of Directors. Dr. Volck is the Senior Vice President, Head of R&D Rare Disease at GlaxoSmithKline in the UK. Schulman IRB, a central IRB, announced Michele Russell-Einhorn, JD, will join the organization September 1, 2016, as Vice President for Oncology Services. Russell-Einhorn currently is Senior Director of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Office for Human Research Studies. At Schulman IRB, she will build and lead the company’s forthcoming Central Oncology Review (COR) division, launching later in 2016.
Cherie Squires
Business News Dr Rabinder Buttar, founder and CEO of ClinTec International, joined an industry-leading expert panel of judges for the eighth round final of the Scottish EDGE competition, which identifies and supports Scotland’s up-and-coming, innovative, high-growth generating entrepreneurial talent. Recognition Q2 Solutions, a global clinical trials laboratory services organization and joint venture of Quest and Quintiles, has received the 2016 Lilly Global Supplier Award. Q2 Solutions was one of 12 companies to receive the award this year, recognizing the company’s ongoing contributions to Lilly’s drug development efforts. ClinCapture, a provider of free and validated electronic data capture (EDC) software, announced its nomination for a Bronze 2016 Stevie Award by the American Business Awardsâ in the Cloud Application/Service as well as the Software Development Solution Website category.
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.