Paul S. Covington

Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC engages in the operation of a global contract research organization, which provides drug development, laboratory and lifecycle management services. It offers adaptive trial design, bio analytical lab, bio similar development, biostatistics, GMP lab, clinical supplies, trial monitoring, CMC regulatory, data management, dental pain clinic, real-world outcomes, site intelligence and activation, central lab, global regulatory affairs, IRT systems, late stage research, medical communications, device and diagnostics, medical writing, nonclinical development and regulatory consulting and intelligence, regulatory development, innovation and vaccine sciences. The company was founded by Fredric N. Eshelman in 1985 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.

PPD Development provides drugs and medicine production services. The company offers para pharmaceutical production services, biochemical and biotechnology production, and rubber production services. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.

Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a drug development collaboration company that uses innovative clinical development design to accelerate and increase value of drug development programs by advancing them through the drug discovery and development process in a cost-efficient manner. Its drug development programs are designed and driven by a core team with extensive drug development experience. Furiex Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.