Waife & Associates Adds Senior Pharma Executive as New Associate

— Former Allergan executive brings wide expertise in data management, technology and clinical development strategy.

Needham, MA, July 9, 2015— Waife & Associates, Inc., change management consultants in biopharmaceutical clinical research, announced today it has added a new Senior Associate, Ramzi Najm, to its staff. Mr. Najm comes to Waife & Associates, Inc. (W&A) from Allergan, where he was most recently Vice President, Strategic Analysis and Process Innovation.  Mr. Najm had a wide-ranging background to assist Waife & Associates’ clients, including clinical development innovation, clinical data management, and process and technology analysis.

Based in California, Mr. Najm has thirty years’ experience in clinical research, with fourteen years at Allergan. He was Senior Director of Data Management and then VP of R&D IT. Before Allergan he began at IBRD-Rostrum (rising to VP, Information Systems), was Senior Director of IT and CDM at Paragon (now Clinipace), VP of Information Systems at Cocensys, and Senior Director of CDM at Baxter BioScience.

“We have known Ramzi in the industry for many years and are excited to add him to W&A,” said Ronald S. Waife, President, Waife & Associates, Inc. “He is the ideal combination for our clients and our philosophy, combining pragmatic process improvement with deep understanding of clinical development, data management and enabling technologies. His executive perspective, plus his enthusiasm for hands-on work, is what W&A aims to offer our clients.”

Mr. Najm earned dual degrees in Biology and Computer Sciences from the University of California at Irvine. He received his MBA from Pacific States University.

Mr. Najm can be reached at najm@waife.com or +1 (949) 412-8817. To learn more about Waife & Associates, Inc., visit www.waife.com.

Needham, MA, May 31, 2015– The second annual Benjamin and Sholom Waife Memorial Scholarship in Scientific Journalism was awarded at Needham, Mass. High School Class Day ceremonies this Spring. The scholarship, created by Waife & Associates, Inc., supports collegiate studies toward a career in writing or journalism about science and medicine. The annual award’s recipient this year is Jacob Miller, selected by the faculty of Needham High School.

The Scholarship is in memory of Benjamin Waife (1895-1972) and his son Sholom O. Waife, MD (1919-2011). Waife & Associates, Inc. is based in Needham and was founded by Dr. Waife’s son, Ronald S. Waife. Benjamin Waife, writing under the pen name B. Z. Goldberg, was a newspaper editor and columnist for over fifty years for New York and Israeli newspapers. For most of his career he was editor of Der Tog, one of the two main Yiddish newspapers in New York City in the 20th century.  He earned one of the first psychology PhD’s from Columbia and wrote two books, in addition to his weekly column which appeared in various newspapers until his death.

Dr. Sholom Waife continued the family writing heritage by combining it with his medical profession. He started one of the first in-service hospital CME Programs, at Philadelphia General Hospital, developed an award-winning series of textbooks while at Eli Lilly & Co. which were distributed to all US medical school graduates, wrote a column for the Physicians Bulletin, co-founded the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and was an early national officer of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA).

Both Benjamin and Sholom Waife dedicated their professional lives to clarity in writing and using the written word to make complex subjects easier to comprehend. The Scholarship is intended to further these principles, in these times when science and medicine are increasingly affecting our daily lives, yet are moving further from common understanding.

Waife & Associates, Inc. awards this scholarship annually. The company provides management consulting services to biopharma organizations conducting clinical research.

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Needham, MA, May 21, 2014 – The first annual Benjamin and Sholom Waife Memorial Scholarship in Scientific Journalism was awarded at Needham, Mass. High School Class Day ceremonies today. The scholarship, created by Waife & Associates, Inc., supports collegiate studies toward a career in writing or journalism about science and medicine. The annual award’s first recipient is Olivia Korostoff-Larsson, selected by the faculty of Needham High School.

The Scholarship is in memory of Benjamin Waife (1895-1972) and his son Sholom O. Waife, MD (1919-2011). Waife & Associates, Inc. is based in Needham and was founded by Dr. Waife’s son, Ronald S. Waife. Benjamin Waife, writing under the pen name B. Z. Goldberg, was a newspaper editor and columnist for over fifty years for New York and Israeli newspapers. For most of his career he was editor of Der Tog, one of the two main Yiddish newspapers in New York City in the 20^th century.  He earned one of the first psychology PhD’s from Columbia and wrote two books, in addition to his weekly column which appeared in various newspapers until his death.

Dr. Sholom Waife continued the family writing heritage by combining it with his medical profession. He started one of the first in-service hospital CME Programs, at Philadelphia General Hospital, developed an award-winning series of textbooks while at Eli Lilly & Co. which were distributed to all US medical school graduates, wrote a column for the Physicians Bulletin, co-founded the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and was an early national officer of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA).

Both Benjamin and Sholom Waife dedicated their professional lives to clarity in writing and using the written word to make complex subjects easier to comprehend. The Scholarship is intended to further these principles, in these times when science and medicine are increasingly affecting our daily lives, yet are moving further from common understanding.

Waife & Associates, Inc. will be awarding this scholarship annually. The company provides management consulting services to biopharma organizations conducting clinical research.