AAIPharma announces the appointment of Scott Neilson to the position of Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Neilson is an accomplished leader with over 25 years multi-functional experience in all phases of drug development on a global basis.  Over the past 10 years he has led the turnaround of two of the top six Global Central Laboratories, dramatically improving market share, revenues and profitability.  He has also held senior operations positions in Clinical Research and has a broad spectrum of functional experience including Finance, Regulatory Affairs, Human Resources and Business Development.  His experience spans pharmaceuticals and CRO’s having worked at MDS Pharma Services, LabCorp, Covance and SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline). 

“As a Company, we have made significant progress across the major lines of business over the last 3 years” said Dr. Reynders. “Scott’s appointment underscores our commitment to continuing this progress and our goal of a global leadership position in the markets we serve”.