Kendle Appoints Former MHRA Head of Biologics as Principal Regulatory Affairs ...( Addition of Timothy Forsey PhD Fu...)

Addition of Timothy Forsey, PhD, Further Strengthens Kendle's Global

Regulatory Affairs Organization

CINCINNATI, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL), a leading, global full-service clinical research organization, today announced that Timothy Forsey, PhD, has joined the company as Principal Regulatory Affairs Consultant specializing in providing regulatory affairs guidance to the company's biotechnology customers. Based in Kendle's Ely, Cambridgeshire, England office, he will work with customers to gain regulatory approval for both new marketing authorizations and changes to existing marketing authorizations. Dr. Forsey will provide customers with advice on strategy and regulatory approaches to development, interact on their behalf with regulatory agencies and assist them with dossier preparation.

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"As biotechnology's overall contribution to the health care arena continues to grow, so will the demand for outsourcing services, as new therapies move from preclinical to the clinical phases of drug development," said Melanie Bruno, PhD, Vice President Global Regulatory Affairs and Quality. "Tim Forsey's experience with this customer group and in the regulatory environment will be a tremendous asset to our biotech and pharmaceutical customers seeking to move their new compounds from discovery to market approval," she added.

Dr. Forsey previously served as Head of Biologicals and the Biotechnology Unit for The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), where he was involved with a variety of licensing and scientific iss
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