People and Business News — 2/23
People News
Velocity Clinical Research has expanded its European senior executive team. Évelyne Newton joins as Vice President of Business Development, Sandra Stark as Vice President of European Operations and Maria Lehretz is the new Medical Director.
MMS Holdings announced the appointment of Chris Schoonmaker as Chief Operating Officer and Ashu Tandon as Chief Commercial Officer.
Sunitha Mathew, MS, has joined Westat's leadership team as its new Clinical Research Practice Director.
Clinical ink announced that healthcare industry veteran Jonathan Goldman MD has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer.
Business News
Vakzine Projekt Management GmbH announced the successful completion of a clinical client project with AntiBKV, an antibody targeting BK polyomavirus infection in renal transplant patients, for Memo Therapeutics AG, Switzerland.
Spaulding Clinical announced early results for a clinical trial as a part of the FDA’s proactive effort to address the opioid crisis and reduce opioid overdoses and deaths.
Verisense Health, Inc. announced the four founding members of its Board of Advisors – Dr. William Crown, Paul Hartung, Dr. Ronald C. Kessler, and Josh Tolkoff.
Medidata announced it was positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape “Worldwide Life Science R&D Risk-Based Monitoring Solutions 2022 Vendor Assessment (doc #US48061722).”
OCT Clinical announced they have successfully completed the enrollment of 3,000 patients in a COVID-19 vaccine study.
Recognition
Almac Group has won six CDMO Leadership Awards for 2023: Excellence in Capabilities (Small Pharma), Compatibility (Overall and Small Pharma), Expertise (Overall and Small Pharma), Quality (Overall and Small Pharma), Reliability (Overall and Small Pharma), and Service (Small Pharma).
FDA Grants Priority Review to Merck’s sBLA for Winrevair After Early Success in ZENITH PAH Trial
July 2nd 2025Merck’s bid to update Winrevair’s label advances with FDA priority review, backed by Phase III ZENITH data showing a 76% reduction in major morbidity and mortality events in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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.
Phase III PROMINENT Trial Initiated to Evaluate Felzartamab for Primary Membranous Nephropathy
June 30th 2025The global Phase III PROMINENT trial has begun dosing patients to evaluate felzartamab in treating primary membranous nephropathy, a serious autoimmune kidney disorder with no FDA-approved therapies.
Putting Collective Insights Into Action to Advance Cancer Care: Key Examples From ASCO 2025
June 27th 2025At ASCO 2025, clinical operations leaders gained critical insights into how AI tools, bispecific antibodies, and evolving treatment paradigms are reshaping trial design, endpoint selection, and patient stratification.
