Randy Buckwalter

Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC engages in the operation of a global contract research organization, which provides drug development, laboratory and lifecycle management services. It offers adaptive trial design, bio analytical lab, bio similar development, biostatistics, GMP lab, clinical supplies, trial monitoring, CMC regulatory, data management, dental pain clinic, real-world outcomes, site intelligence and activation, central lab, global regulatory affairs, IRT systems, late stage research, medical communications, device and diagnostics, medical writing, nonclinical development and regulatory consulting and intelligence, regulatory development, innovation and vaccine sciences. The company was founded by Fredric N. Eshelman in 1985 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.

PPD, Inc. engages in the provision of drug development services to the biopharmaceutical industry, focuses on helping customers bring their new medicines to patients around the world. It operates through the Clinical Development Services and Laboratory Services segments. The Clinical Development Services segment focuses in early development/Phase I, patient recruitment and enrollment, investigator site management, Phase II-IV clinical trial management, medical communications and various peri- and post-approval services. The Laboratory Services segment comprises of bioanalytical, vaccine sciences, GMP, central lab and biomarker testing. The company was founded by Fred Eshelma in 1985 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.