RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.– Worldwide Clinical Trials, Inc. (Worldwide), the industry’s leading global, midsize, full-service contract research organization (CRO), announced that Rosemarie Corrigan has joined the company as executive vice president, global quality.
Today’s pharmaceutical regulatory environment is dynamic and accelerating – a continuous flow of changing requirements that makes it necessary for research organizations to constantly anticipate and evolve quality and compliance standards. Worldwide expects regulatory developments and actively plans for them in the compliance process. Corrigan’s experience builds upon this foundation, spanning more than two decades of diverse GxP (good practice) experience in quality assurance (QA) leadership roles in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and contract research organizations, from product life cycle to discovery. As executive vice president, global quality, she will leverage her experience to lead the global direction and oversight of the organization’s quality and compliance programs.
“At Worldwide, our sponsors count on our rigorous study conduct and time-tested, fit-for-purpose methodologies that ensure data quality. That’s why Rosemarie’s experience makes her a vital addition to our team,” said Peter Benton, president and co-CEO, Worldwide. “As a recognized industry leader with more than 25 years of biotech and pharma experience, Rosemarie will provide sage strategic leadership to our organization at a time when the clinical trials industry is beset with new challenges – from real-world data implications and diversity and inclusion to supply chain and rebuilding patient trust globally. We’re proud to welcome her to our growing team.”
Corrigan’s vast experience includes leadership positions in both small and large organizations, including most recently as chief quality officer at Nordic Nanovector, where she established QA strategy and operations for development of radiopharmaceutical products. She also served as global head of QA at Oxurion NV (previously Thrombogenic NV), supporting its products through development, launch, and commercialization. Prior to that, as executive director of Stiefel Laboratories Inc. (now part of GSK), she was responsible for global R&D QA and compliance.
Corrigan earned a masters in bioethics and medical law from St Mary’s University, London, and a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from University College Galway. She is an active member of the Research Quality Association’s GCP Committee and its current chair, as well as an EU Qualified Person (QP) for Investigational Medicinal Products.
