Pii

Tony Horton has been appointed vice president of quality assurance at Pharmaceutics International, Inc. (Pii). “Tony is a proven leader with a long track record of developing quality systems and leading organizations through regulatory agency inspections and approvals,” said Steve King, senior vice president of Pii. “We look forward to him helping us continually improve our quality programs.”

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Horton held positions with companies including BenVenue, Mylan Laboratories, Gensia Sicor Pharmaceuticals, Fujisawa and Baxter Labs. Mr. Horton has more than 35 years of experience that includes hosting regulatory agency manufacturing site inspections worldwide. He has led successful PAI’s and GMP re-certification inspections for more than 15 products. For the last fifteen years, Mr. Horton has focused on working with companies under regulatory stress, where he guided companies through four consent decrees and one fraud policy, devising response plans and leading them through corrective actions and ultimate resolution.