Xcelience Appoints Clinical Supplies VP of New UK Site
Xcelience appoints Clinical Supplies VP of its new Birmingham, United Kingdom site.
Xcelience has hired Joseph Iacobucci as vice president of Clinical Supplies and Services to oversee Xcelience’s first international expansion in Birmingham, UK. Iacobucci has nearly 30 years of experience in clinical packaging and supply services, including 23 years as a VP for Clinical Systems, Inc. His responsibilities there included business development of contract services and software products. He also served as an internal resource for software product development for clinical label generation systems and clinical inventory management systems. He is a registered pharmacist, a member of Global Clinical Supplies Group, Equal Partners in Clinical Supplies, and the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers.
The new depot labeling facility, set to begin operations in February 2014, will provide a central distribution hub for labeling and distribution throughout Europe. Iacobucci is the second addition to the executive management team this fall, after the hiring of Lindon Fellows as COO in September.
Source: Xcelience
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