BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- inVentiv Health, Inc., offering best-in-class clinical, commercial, and consulting services to the healthcare industry, today announced that its existing clinical research organization (CRO), PharmaNet/i3, will be renamed inVentiv Health Clinical. This renaming reflects the closer alignment between the Clinical segment and inVentiv’s commercial and consulting services.
“As a top global CRO, renaming ourselves inVentiv Health Clinical demonstrates a company-wide commitment to our clinical clients, who will benefit from seamless, global access to a more robust range of services,” said Paul Meister, Chief Executive Officer at inVentiv Health. “Clients can now access broad inVentiv talent with expertise across the product life cycle to deliver tailored solutions from product development through commercialization.”
Industry veteran Raymond Hill was appointed in December to lead inVentiv Health Clinical. 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, Hill was President at IMS Consulting Group, where he oversaw an aggressive strategy of organic and inorganic growth building the business to $500M in six years. Hill is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a master’s degree from Duke University.
“By connecting clinical research and staffing capabilities to consulting and commercial services, inVentiv can offer fully integrated solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, generic drug and medical device companies in a way that cannot be matched by any other CRO in the industry,” said Hill. “One example is our ability to assist clients in Late Stage trials by tapping both digital and adherence experts from other inVentiv companies. Through this approach we can help our clients simplify complex health economics and outcomes research trials.”
inVentiv Health Clinical is a leading clinical research organization offering Early Stage (Phase I), Phase II-III, Late Stage (Phase IV) clinical development and clinical staffing services to healthcare companies worldwide. These services can be deployed on any scale from highly complex multinational clinical trials to earlier stage studies involving specialized patient populations to Late Stage post-approval studies, or from placing a single individual at a company to outsourcing a full clinical department.
“Healthcare companies are continuing to increase their reliance on CROs,” said Hill. “With 7,000 employees in more than 36 countries across the world, inVentiv Health Clinical has the breadth of experience in geographies and the necessary therapeutic expertise to meet the challenges that our clients are facing.”
About inVentiv Health Clinical
inVentiv Health Clinical, formerly PharmaNet/i3, is a leading provider of global drug development services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, generic drug, and medical device companies, offering therapeutically specialized capabilities for Phase I-IV clinical development, bioanalytical services, and strategic resourcing from a single clinical professional to an entire functional team. With 7,000 passionate employees in more than 36 countries, inVentiv Health Clinical works to accelerate high quality drug development programs of all sizes around the world. http://www.inventivhealthclinical.com
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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