People and Business News — 4/22
People News
COTA, Inc. appointed Miruna Sasu, PhD as president and chief executive
officer.
AiCure has hired Andre Paredes, PhD, as Director of OpenDBM Community, Sarah Kark, PhD, as Senior Digital Neuroscientist, and Sondra Pepe, as VP of Product Operations.
CluePoints has appointed Catherine Ditzler as VP Marketing while Céline Daubresse joins as VP People, and James Faust as the new VP Business Operations.
Suvoda expanded its leadership team with the additions of Andrew McVeigh as Chief Architect and Steve DeSantisas Chief Financial Officer.
Qlucore appointed Erik Söderbäck as head of diagnostics sales.
BioIVT announced the appointment of Jennifer Murphy as Senior Vice President of Global Commercial Operations.
Business News
Daelight Solutions renewed its Preferred certification status for Implementation Support and Business Process/Strategy services for Veeva’s Vault eTMF.
ActiGraph joined the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance.
Medidata announced Labcorp has selected their technology platform to extend their 14-year partnership.
AiCure opened its first international office in Nanjing, China.
Recognition
Proxima Clinical Research was named to the Inc. Regionals 2022 Southwest list of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies; and was recognized by the Houston Business Journal as a company to watch, as noted in its inaugural Houston Inno Fire Awards.
Thermo Fisher Scientific won a 2021 TOPRA Award for Regulatory Excellence.
CluePoints won the Citeline Award for Excellence in Innovation in Response to COVID-19 – Clinical Trial Activities.
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.
