BOSTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PAREXEL International Corporation , a leading global bio/pharmaceutical services organization, today announced that Dr. James J. Vornov, an internationally recognized neuroscience and drug development expert, has joined the Company’s Clinical Research Services group as a Senior Medical Director. Dr. Vornov will act as clinical practice leader and provide consultation to clients sponsoring clinical trials in the central nervous system (CNS) therapy area.
“Therapeutic area expertise is critical to the success of our customers’ programs. PAREXEL’s therapeutic area teams have played a key role in advancing treatments in CNS, Cardiovascular, Oncology, and Infectious Disease, to name a few,” said Mark A. Goldberg, M.D., President of Clinical Research Services and Perceptive Informatics at PAREXEL International. “Neurology is an important therapeutic area for many of our clients, and Dr. Vornov’s in-depth expertise further strengthens our ability to provide strategic consulting and leadership to advance their important treatments for a broad range of diseases affecting the central nervous system.”
Supplementing the expertise of PAREXEL’s neurological teams, Dr. Vornov will provide medical insight to clients throughout the clinical development continuum, ranging from development of clinical plans and design of protocols to the conduct of trials. PAREXEL Clinical Research Services helps clients accelerate their clinical development programs worldwide by applying experience with thousands of studies, established global standards and broad therapeutic expertise.
Before joining PAREXEL, Dr. Vornov held the positions of Senior Medical Director of Experimental Medicine at MGI Pharma, and Director of Clinical Development and Clinical Pharmacology at Guiford Pharmaceuticals, where he focused on the rapid transition of compounds into the clinic using biomarkers, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling, and clinical trial simulation. He has directed clinical development efforts in a number of disease areas including stroke and Parkinson’s Disease, as well as in the area of neuropathy and neuropathic pain. Dr. Vornov served on the faculty of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience for 10 years. Dr. Vornov holds MD and Ph.D. degrees from the Emory School of Medicine and completed his residency training at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Neurology. Dr. Vornov has authored numerous papers and book chapters and has spoken at international congresses on a wide array of neurological topics.
About PAREXEL
PAREXEL International Corporation is a leading global bio/pharmaceutical services organization, providing a broad range of knowledge-based contract research, medical marketing and consulting services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Committed to providing solutions that expedite time-to-market and peak-market penetration, PAREXEL has developed significant expertise across the development and commercialization continuum, from drug development and regulatory consulting to clinical pharmacology, clinical trials management, medical education and reimbursement. Perceptive Informatics, Inc., a subsidiary of PAREXEL, provides advanced technology solutions, including medical imaging, Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS), Interactive Voice Response Systems (IVRS) and integration services. Headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts, PAREXEL operates in 51 locations throughout 40 countries around the world, and has approximately 5,860 employees. For more information about PAREXEL International visit http://www.PAREXEL.com.
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