PPD

Henrietta Ukwu, M.D., FACP, FRAPS, has been appointed senior vice president of global regulatory affairs, PPD, Inc. Dr. Ukwu will have global responsibility for regulatory services across all business lines and provide clinical vaccine expertise to advance the company’s vaccines and biologics operations.

“Dr. Ukwu brings exceptional leadership, product development and global regulatory expertise to PPD, having held senior positions in the pharmaceutical industry for the past 18 years,” said Christine Dingivan, M.D., chief medical officer of PPD. “She has a well-earned reputation for building strategic regulatory teams and leading initiatives to drive regulatory excellence, which will help PPD continue to deliver superior regulatory assessment and strategies for all stages of our clients’ product development.”

Dr. Ukwu most recently served as vice president of global regulatory affairs at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (now Pfizer), where her leadership and responsibility spanned vaccines, biologics and pharmaceuticals and all major regions including the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Dr. Ukwu’s responsibilities included overseeing strategic global product development and registration plans, human subject protection for clinical and preclinical development, and ensuring rigorous global regulatory standards and successful registration of new drugs and biologics.