Biopharmaceutical Research Firm, WCCT Global, Acquires New Talent to Support Expansion and Opens an East Coast Office

Cypress, California and San Francisco – February 20th, 2012 – WCCT Global, LLC, a contract research organization (CRO) supporting early phase biopharmaceutical and device development, today announced its appointment of Mr. Lee A. Barsky, MBA, PMP to expand WCCT’s CRO offering.

WCCT Global specializes in complex Phase I-IIa special population studies, which assess a drug’s efficacy and dosage requirements within a particular subset of a larger population. The company has extensive expertise in protocol design, volunteer enrollment, and management of ethno-bridging, thorough QTc (important cardiac safety parameter), respiratory, infectious disease, pediatric, post-menopausal and renal trials.

Dr. Kenneth Kim, CEO, said, “We are very pleased and excited to have Lee heading up our CRO expansion initiative and joining the management team. His in-depth knowledge of the CRO space and his extensive experience running complex clinical trials in various therapeutic areas, gives us confidence that his addition to our team is the right one to guide WCCT Global through its next stage of growth and development.”

Dr. Kim continued, “We also are pleased to announce our opening of an East Coast Office in Bucks County, Pennsylvania to better serve and support our East Coast clients and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.”

About Lee Barsky, MBA, PMP, Vice President, Program Management

Mr. Barsky is a results-driven professional with over 17 years of diversified Project Management, Business Development and Clinical Trial/Operations experience.

Mr. Barsky has a balanced perspective from both CRO/service providers and Sponsors that enable him to analyze existing operations, manage staff and implement strategic processes to improve productivity and efficiency. Additionally, his expertise in Global Project Management, Cross-functional Pharmaceutical Project Management/Program Management, Clinical Operations/Clinical Development, Clinical Affairs/Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Compliance, Quality Assurance and Data Management, make him the right person to help expand our CRO offering. Prior to joining WCCT Global, he held a similar leadership position at Accelovance which under his direction was named the Best Vaccine CRO in 2009, 2010, and 2011. His areas of therapeutic expertise include vaccines, infectious disease, immunology, oncology, cardiovascular, CNS, metabolic disease, women’s health, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurology.

About WCCT Global

WCCT Global is a global provider of outsourced early drug development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. As a drug development partner, WCCT Global partners with domestic and foreign innovator companies who need regulatory, program management, and strategic consulting support from First-in-Man thru the proof of concept stage with an emphasis on overseeing and executing on trials in special disease populations, ethnobridging volunteers, and cardiac safety studies. Visit WCCT Global on the web at http://www.wcctglobal.com.

Contact for WCCT Global

Talia Nikolao

Executive Director, Business Development

talia.nikolao@wcct.com

714-668-1500

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