inVentiv Health Strengthens Clinical Leadership Team

BURLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- inVentiv Health, Inc., offering best-in-class clinical, commercial and consulting services to the healthcare industry, today announced organizational changes within its clinical group. Raymond Hill is joining the Company as Executive Vice President of Clinical, effective December 12, 2012, and will be responsible for leading the Company's Clinical business segment, which includes Early Stage, Phase II-IV and Strategic Resourcing.

"We are very pleased to welcome a seasoned industry veteran like Ray to inVentiv and expect that his significant experience in both successfully growing pharmaceutical services businesses and leading productive teams will be an asset to our organization," said Paul Meister, Chief Executive Officer at inVentiv.

Prior to joining inVentiv, Hill was CEO at Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc., where he successfully oversaw the process of taking the company private. Before that, he was President at IMS Consulting Group, where he oversaw an aggressive strategy of organic and inorganic growth building the business from $100M in 2004 to $500M in 2010. Prior to IMS, Hill held a series of other positions in pharmaceutical consulting. He earned a Bachelor's Degree from Cornell University and a Master's Degree from Duke University.

About inVentiv Health
inVentiv Health, Inc. is a leading global provider of best-in-class clinical, commercial and consulting services to companies seeking to accelerate performance. inVentiv offers convergent services that deliver extraordinary outcomes to clients whose goal is improving human life. In 40 countries around the world, inVentiv's 13,000 employees help clients rapidly transform promising ideas into commercial reality. inVentiv clients include more than 550 pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences companies, as well as companies that now see health as part of their mission. inVentiv Health Inc. is privately owned by inVentiv Group Holdings, Inc., an organization sponsored by affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., Liberty Lane Partners and members of the inVentiv management team. For more information, visit http://www.inventivhealth.com.

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