MDS Pharma Services names Vice-President of Quality
10 Agosto 2005 - 3:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Robert Castellucci will oversee strategic commitment to quality: to
meet or exceed customer, industry and regulatory expectations
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MDS Pharma
Services, a leading provider of innovative drug discovery and
development solutions, today announced the hiring of Robert
Castellucci to fill the newly created position of Vice- President
of Quality. He will report directly to MDS Pharma Services
President and CEO Gilbert Godin and will be located in the
business' executive office in King of Prussia, Pa. "Bob will be a
tremendous asset to MDS Pharma Services. We intend to leverage his
experience to align our quality and compliance efforts with our
strategic business goals," said Godin. "His addition to our senior
leadership team reinforces our focus on quality and compliance as
our two top priorities - for our customers, industry stakeholders
and regulatory authorities." Castellucci comes to MDS Pharma
Services with more than 28 years of leadership experience in
pharmaceutical technical operations, including positions in
manufacturing, quality operations, organizational design and
effectiveness, and business systems design and implementation. "I
define quality in two words: meeting expectations," said
Castellucci. "Whether it's regulatory requirements, industry
standards or customer-defined objectives, meeting expectations is
the simple foundation of an effective quality program. As the
leader of the MDS Pharma Services global quality team, I will
implement company-wide standards designed to meet or exceed
customer, industry and regulatory expectations." Prior to joining
MDS Pharma Services, Castellucci served as Vice- President of
quality operations at Watson Pharmaceuticals for five years.
Previous positions include Vice-President for quality and
regulatory compliance at Schein Pharmaceuticals and Vice-President
of worldwide quality at DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company. He is
a graduate of Villanova University, with bachelor's and master's
degrees in biology. About MDS Pharma Services MDS Pharma Services
offers a full spectrum of resources to meet the drug discovery and
development needs of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology
industries. With numerous facilities strategically located around
the world, the company applies advanced scientific and
technological expertise to each stage of the drug discovery and
development process - Early Stage: lead optimization, pre-IND
research, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical development, early
clinical research (bioequivalence, phases I-IIa) and bioanalysis;
and Late Stage: global clinical development (phases IIb-IV) and
central lab. For more information, visit MDS Pharma Services' Web
site at http://www.mdsps.com/. MDS Pharma Services is an integral
part of MDS Inc. (TSX: MDS; NYSE: MDZ). MDS Inc. has more than
9,000 highly skilled people in 27 countries providing a diverse
range of superior products and services to increase its customers'
speed, precision and productivity in the drug development and
disease diagnosis processes. MDS Inc. is a global, values-driven
health and life sciences company, recognized for its reliability
and collaborative relationships as it helps create better outcomes
in the treatment of disease. Find out more at
http://www.mdsinc.com/ or by calling 1-888-MDS-7222, 24 hours a
day. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050810/MDSINC
DATASOURCE: MDS Inc. CONTACT: Liz Parlett, (856) 988-6560, ext. 18,
; Michael Gross, (856) 988-6560, ext. 16,
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