Manuela Leone has been appointed president of contract research services (CRS) for Harlan Laboratories, Inc. Ms. Leone has more than 18 years of experience, having held senior roles at Pharmacia, Fidia, MDS Pharma Services, Galderma and ICON Clinical Research. In these roles, she was responsible for global businesses as large as $300 million. Prior to her industry experience, Ms. Leone was a practicing pediatrician and an academic for seven years.

“We felt that in order to leverage the work of the past several years, the next leader for Harlan CRS needed to be a strong business leader with a unique combination of scientific, market-facing and operational skills,” said chief executive officer Hans Thunem. “Each of these areas is critical to the proper execution of our CRS strategy in the next 12 to 24 months. Manuela has that unique combination of skills and experiences.”