ProductLife Group (PLG), a global provider of vigilance, regulatory, and quality management services for pharmaceutical, medtech, and biotech industries announced its intention to merge with Italian-based firm Pharma D&S Group. 

Pharma D&S Group is a renowned leader of the Italian market and PLG hopes to expand their presence and expertise across the globe. Riccardo Ballerini founded Pharma D&S group in 2001 and has since grown and strengthened its services in Regulatory Affairs, Progress Compliance, Product Quality, Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Operations. The Group launched Pharma Education Center (PEC, a training provider for the life Sciences sector in 2008. 

Twenty years after launching Pharma D&S Group, I am convinced that joining PLG is the future of our organization,” says Ballerini. “The merger with PLG provides our clients and the life sciences industry with access to a global footprint and a more robust combined set of capabilities across all of our key value areas.