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CONCORD, OH — October 16, 2007 — Ricerca Biosciences, LLC announced today that James R. Szabo, D.V.M., Ph.D., DACVP, has joined the company as Vice President – Biology Services. In this capacity Dr. Szabo will oversee the new primate facility under construction at Ricerca as well as direct the day-to-day operations of the Toxicology & Pharmacology, Bioanalytical, and Metabolism groups. Dr. Szabo joins Ricerca from Bridge Global Pharmaceutical Services (formerly Gene Logic, Inc.) where he served as Vice President of Toxicology and brings to Ricerca his extensive experience in veterinary pathology and toxicology services. Dr. Szabo has held prior positions as Senior Veterinary Pathologist, Director of Pathology, Acting Director of Toxicology Services, and Senior Director of Pathology Services at Gene Logic, Inc. and has also served as a Consultant to the Dow Chemical Company. “We are extremely pleased with the opportunity to have Jim Szabo on our team,” said Ian Lennox, Executive Chairman. “His broad experience in toxicology, and especially in the veterinary pathology field, will be a tremendous resource to draw on when Ricerca’s new primate capability is on-line at the beginning of next year.” Ricerca Biosciences, LLC is the only North American CRO to offer the unique IP-INDSM concept to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The 40+ acre site encompasses all discovery and development services required to bring IP, in the form of a target or drug candidate, to a complete IND submission. The ability to perform both chemistry (medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, cGMP API kilo-lab and pilot plant production, complete analytical) and biology (DMPK, ADME, full toxicology, safety pharmacology, animal efficacy models, bioanalytical), as well as report writing and regulatory services at one site makes Ricerca the provider of choice for virtual, small, and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies seeking a successful IND submission. #19209 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact @ Ricerca Biosciences Ian Lennox (440) 357-3607 rich_w@ricerca.com |
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