SYDNEY, Oct 20 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Graham Birrell, PhD, MBA, a researcher and neuropharmacologist with significant clinical research experience in the EU and Asia-Pacific region has joined George Clinical, a global scientifically-backed clinical research organization, as Head, Project Operations, APAC. Birrell will also join the scientific leadership of George Clinical with a neurology focus. In his new role with George Clinical, Birrell will be based in the Asia Pacific region overseeing the extensive project teams the firm has throughout Australia, New Zealand, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and South Korea.
Birrell holds a PhD in neuropharmacology from the University of Edinburgh Medical School. His more than 30 years of biopharmaceutical industry experience includes drug discovery and development including positions with GSK, Pfizer and Servier, clinical operations, project management, regulatory consulting, and business development. Formerly serving as VP, Clinical Development, Travecta Therapeutics, Birrell has also held senior management roles in the UK and Singapore with CROs such as Parexel, ICON, IQVIA and most recently Syneos Health, where he led project management and operations teams of more than 230 staff in Asia Pacific as VP, CNS & Ophthalmology Clinical Development.