Josef von rickenbach biography channel

Josef von Rickenbach came to Harvard to get his MBA and fell in love with the U.S. From his previous work at Schering-Plough, Inc., he knew that pharmaceutical, biotech and medical-device companies needed help developing and launching their products globally, and he decided that this country was the best place to start his company.

Josef von rickenbach biography channel

Within a year of graduating, he and Anne Sayigh started PAREXEL International Corp. from his basement.

At that time, the clinical trials process was a mystery, even within major pharmaceutical companies. Physicians led each trial as a unique event.

Von Rickenbach believed that the core of a clinical trial was a repeatable process that could be made more efficient through standardization. PAREXEL offered outsourced clinical development that brought standardization, efficiencies, speed, scalability and transparency to the process as well as improved access to global markets.

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