PharmaNet/i3, the clinical segment of inVentiv Health, has launched PharmaNet/i3 Strategic Resourcing, a new unified provider of staffing and functional service provider (FSP) services. The unit will serve as an umbrella for the capabilities of Kforce Clinical Research, i3 Pharma Resourcing, MedFocus, Smith Hanley Consulting Group and PharmaNet Resource Solutions.

The Strategic Resourcing FSP business unit of will be led by Brian Thornton, senior vice president, Strategic Resourcing, who has over 20 years of experience in clinical research. The staffing business unit will be led by Kathy Hardy, President, Staffing, who has more than 13 years of experience managing global staffing resources.

“With services that range from staffing individual positions to strategic FSP partnerships, PharmaNet/i3 Strategic Resourcing allows sponsors to outsource effectively and maintain the level of control they are most comfortable with,” said Gregg Dearhammer, President, PharmaNet/i3 Strategic Resourcing. “Clients choose what they need when they need it, and get the experience and expertise necessary for successful development programs.”