PPD researchers named Clinical Team of the Year | Business

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A team of researchers from Wilmington-based PPD was named the 2012 Clinical Team of the Year by PharmaTimes magazine, according to a news release.

Six teams of researchers had to reportedly present solutions to a series of drug-development scenarios during a seven-hour competition in order to win. The PPD team was honored at the Clinical Researcher of the Year Awards in London on Feb. 16.

"To win the PharmaTimes Clinical Team of the Year Award requires outstanding technical competence and the ability to work under pressure whilst still maintaining superb team dynamics," stated Sean Morgan-Jones, director, PharmaTimes in a news release. "PPD's achievement in securing the win should give them great confidence in their abilities as a first-rate clinical research team."

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