Jim Langford

Mr. Langford has been a leader in the pharmaceutical clinical development industry for over 25 years, where he has founded and managed several companies to leadership positions in the industry. He was the founder and President of The PHOENIX, a Contract Research Organization (CRO) that provided clinical research services to the biopharmaceutical industry, until it was sold in in 2002 to an international CRO based in Canada. While managing The PHOENIX, Jim founded an electronic data capture (EDC) company, DataLabs, which was spun out as an independent company in 2001. DataLabs was one of the leading EDC companies at the time of its acquisition by ClinPhone, Plc. in 2006. ClinPhone, Plc was subsequently acquired by PAREXEL, International, who continues to use DataLabs in their clinical trials. Since 2008, Jim has been leading his consulting company, White Star Consulting, in providing executive management and contract clinical operation services for emerging life science companies to assist them in improving their clinical development process with cost-effective solutions designed to accommodate the needs of early-stage development organizations. The companies include both public and private companies in the biopharmaceutical, medical device, cell and gene therapy industries, as well as organizations transitioning products from research to clinical development for commercialization.