OPKO Health has announced the appointment of Dr. Ronald Trust as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs of OPKO Pharmaceuticals.
Prior to joining OPKO, Ron held senior regulatory positions at Allergan (through its acquisition of Durata Therapeutics), spent over 16 years at Pfizer in various regulatory affairs positions, and most recently worked as an independent consultant providing strategic regulatory consulting services to the pharmaceutical industry. Ron received his PhD in organic chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and he also holds a Masters in Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
“Ron has over 40 years of pharmaceutical industry development experience, including over 30 years in regulatory affairs, safety/risk management and quality assurance, which will be of tremendous value as we continue to bring our product candidates to market,” said Phillip Frost, M.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OPKO.