Leading Drug Safety Expert Dr Barton Cobert partners with American HSC

May 10, 2009 - PRLog -- American Health Systems Corporation (American HSC), a leading international Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance service provider, is pleased to announce that Barton Cobert, MD, a leading authority on Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance, is a managing partner with American HSC.

Dr Alan L Bess, MD, President and CEO of American HSC said “Dr Cobert is a true leader, recognized expert, and innovator in the field of Drug Safety. He has been at the forefront of international developments in Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance for nearly two decades. His passion for Drug Safety is a perfect fit for American HSC and he will help take our organization to the next level, allowing us to provide a formidable array of unique drug safety outsourcing capabilities”.

Dr Cobert is the author of the best selling textbook Manual of Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance, used in training courses on drug safety and pharmacovigilance.  He is also co-author of Practical Drug Safety from A-Z, and Pharmacovigilance from A-Z: Adverse Drug Event Surveillance. He was previously Global Head of Drug Safety at Schering Plough (1992-2003), Global Head of Drug Safety at Novartis Consumer (2006-2007), and has held senior leadership positions at Forest Laboratories, Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals (now Sanofi-Aventis), Ives Laboratories (now Wyeth) and Medidata Solutions. He has extensive experience in Drug Safety, Clinical Research, Regulatory Affairs, Risk Management, Compliance, Inspections/Audits, Data Management, and Informatics in Drug Safety and Clinical Trials. He is a frequent invited speaker at many courses and conferences including the Drug Information Association, PERI, European Society of Pharmacovigilance, WHO, and many others.
About American Health Systems Corporation

American HSC is an internationally recognized leader in Drug Safety consulting, offering a full range of integrated services to help develop, implement, and maintain Drug Safety, Pharmacovigilance, and Pharmacoepidemiology programs. Its mission is to offer strategically sound, expertly staffed, and flawlessly executed Drug Safety solutions with an impressive complement of both strategic and tactical support. American HSC delivers a unique combination of highly skilled and experienced drug safety experts, exclusive technology, and best practices in drug safety and pharmacovigilance.  
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