Quintiles appoints new market intelligence head for consulting unit

Quintiles has selected Jim McDermott as the managing director of its consulting business unit's market intelligence practice.

Mr McDermott is a biopharmaceutical industry veteran, whose most recent role was that of global practice leader for the consultancy group of Decision Resources.

He has also previously held positions at Procter and Gamble, Nervewire and SRI International during his career, which includes more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare sector.

His appointment to the new role in Quintiles' consulting group will help the business to deliver valuable insight to its pharmaceutical clients across the entire lifecycle of products.

Jay Norman, president of Quintiles Consulting, said: "Developing a market-leading, profitable business strategy requires relevant, robust market intelligence – and Consulting delivers."

Last month, Quintiles announced that it will be forming a new joint venture company with Samsung based in South Korea, which is designed to support the electronics firm's entry into the biopharmaceutical sector.