Latest Business and People News
Updated employee announcements, business news, awards, and recognition in the industry today.
People News
Bioclinica, a provider of solutions for clinical research, announces the addition of new team members Gavin Nichols as Chief Information Officer & Executive Vice President, Technology, and Elizabeth Edwards as President, Bioclinica Site Network, and a member of the executive management team. Additionally, Adrienne Rossi is promoted to the newly created position, Chief of Staff.
Clinipace Worldwide, a global full-service CRO, has announced the appointment of Charlene Dark as Vice President, global clinical analytics.
Karthik Kumar
InClinica, a global clinical CRO, announced that Karthik Kumar has been appointed Business Development Manager in the company’s office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and that Todd Koch has been appointed Global Trial Manager.
MMS Holdings Inc., a global CRO, announced the hiring of John Mitcheson as Senior Proposal Development Manager and Joy Willard, RN, BSN, PMP as Senior Project Manager.
PAREXEL announced the appointment of Peyton Howell as Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer, and also announced that their co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Josef von Rickenbach is the recipient of a 2018 Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the Ellis Island Honors Society.
Dr. Peter Hendrickx
SGS, a contract solutions provider, announced the appointment of Dr. Peter Hendrickx as Medical Director at the Clinical Pharmacology Unit located within the Antwerp ZNA Stuivenberg hospital.
Business News
IRB Services, an independent research ethics board, has changed its name to Advarra.
CROMSOURCE, an international CRO, announced the formalization of an expanded Flexible Resourcing Solutions offering, delivered by the TalentSource Life Sciences Department, with a new logo.
Recognition
PAREXEL announced that the Industry Standard Benchmark Report named the company’s ClinPhone Randomization and Trial Supply Management solution as the leader of Interactive Response Technology for the second consecutive time.
Rho, a full-service CRO, was named the 2018 Best CRO by Triangle Business Journal.
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.
FDA Expands Farapulse PFA Approval to Persistent AF After Strong ADVANTAGE AF Trial Results
July 7th 2025Boston Scientific’s Farapulse Pulsed Field Ablation System is now approved for treating persistent atrial fibrillation, following 12-month data from the ADVANTAGE AF trial showing strong safety, high freedom from AF, and no major complications.
