Member Since 2006
W. Richard Staub III
President, Research & Development Solutions
Richard Staub is president of the Research & Development Solutions global business unit at IQVIA, leading the world’s largest contract research organization (CRO). Supported by high-powered information and technology assets, the clinical experts in Research & Development Solutions leverage comprehensive, evidence-driven trial design, accelerate site activation and patient recruitment, and optimize trial execution. Richard also serves as chair of the Research & Development Solutions Executive Committee.
Previously, he led Novella Clinical, a specialty clinical research organization acquired by Quintiles in 2013. Richard joined Novella in 2004 and served as both president and CEO. Under his leadership, Novella became a distinctively agile, results-oriented CRO in the highly complex and fast-growing areas of specialty pharma and medical technology. Prior to Novella, he was senior vice president of global business development for one of the world’s largest CROs. Richard’s career in the pharmaceutical industry began at Zeneca Pharmaceuticals in 1989 where he was given increasing responsibilities as a medical and hospital sales representative, cardiovascular portfolio analyst and marketing manager.
Richard has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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