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  • Cynthia Verst, PharmD, MS

     Global Head, Business Operations, Quintiles Outcome

     Cynthia VerstDr. Cynthia L. Verst heads the global Phase IIIB/IV business segment for Quintiles’ a dedicated business that bridges the gap between peri-approval and commercialization of marketed therapies.

    Dr. Verst brings more than 18 years of biopharma experience and a proven track record of late phase operational leadership and innovation. Most recently, she was Senior Vice President, Global Late Phase Research, for Ingenix, where she and her team successfully established a new global Late Phase Research Business Unit. Previously, Dr. Verst and her team established and led Kendle’s global Late Phase Business Unit. She began her career in biopharma at Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals as Section Head in its North American Medical and Technical Affairs group, successfully leading the Phase IIIB/IV research requirements of marketed products. Dr. Verst has been directly involved and/or provided executive level oversight to hundreds of Phase IIIB, IV, registries, comparative effectiveness, and Health Economic & Outcomes Research (HEOR) programs, entailing more than one million patients and more than 150,000 investigators in more than 60 countries.

    A native of Kentucky, Dr. Verst holds a Pharm.D. and bachelor of science degree Pharmacy from the University of Cincinnati, an master of science in Structural and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois, and a bachelor of science degree in Biology and Chemistry from Northern Kentucky University.