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).