People and Business News — 2/21
All of the latest industry happenings, all in one place.
People news
Lee Patterson
Labcorp announced the appointment of Maryland Franklin, PhD, as Vice President and Enterprise Head of Cell & Gene Therapy for Covance by Labcorp.
Quanticate has named Lee Patterson as the company's Chief Operating Officer.
Medable Inc announced the hiring of Parag Vaish as Chief Product Officer.
Datacubed Health has named Kirk McPoyle as Chief Commercial Officer.
Caroline O’Connor
Worldwide Clinical Trials announced the appointment of Peter Lammers as Executive Vice
President, Global Marketing and Commercial Operations, as well as Brian Tuttle, CPA, MBA, joining as Chief Financial Officer. Additionally, Phillip Doyle will join the company as Global Head of Quality.
Raremark has named Caroline O’Connor as its new Chief Commercial Officer and Dale Jessop as Chief Technical Officer.
Albany Molecular Research, Inc. announced the appointment of Scott Waldman as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development.
Business news
Calyx has announced that its medical imaging and other eClinical solutions have helped support half of the oncology treatments approved by the FDA.
Firma Clinical has joined the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance.
Second Harvest
CluePoints announced that its Risk-Based Quality Management platform has been supporting numerous pharmaceutical companies and CROs to interrogate data in their global COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral antibody trials.
Reify Health announced that StudyTeam is available to over 2,700 clinical research sites in 100 countries worldwide.
MMS Holdings has joined the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance.
PHARMASEAL announced that its Engility Trial Management Platform has secured its first medical device customer.
IQVIA announced that 140 life science companies in nearly 90 countries have selected Orchestrated Customer Engagement as their customer engagement solution.
eClinical Solutions LLC announced a more than 40% annual license growth of its elluminate Clinical Data Platform in 2020.
Greater Gift has donated $2,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, which is committed to diversity in honor of participants in the COVID-19 Community Research Partnership Study.
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.
Behind the Buzz: Why Clinical Research Leaders Flock to SCOPE Summit
February 7th 2025In this episode, we meet with Micah Lieberman, Executive Conference Director for SCOPE Summit (Summit for Clinical Ops Executives) at Cambridge Innovation Institute. We will dive deep into the critical role of collaboration within the clinical research ecosystem. How do we bring together diverse stakeholders—sponsors, CROs, clinical trial tech innovators, suppliers, patients, sites, advocacy organizations, investors, and non-profits—to share best practices in trial design, program planning, innovation, and clinical operations? We’ll explore why it’s vital for thought leaders to step beyond their own organizations and learn from others, exchanging ideas that drive advancements in clinical research. Additionally, we’ll discuss the pivotal role of scientific conferences like SCOPE Summit in fostering these essential connections and collaborations, helping shape the future of clinical trials. Join us as we uncover how collective wisdom and cross-industry partnerships are transforming the landscape of clinical research.
