BS, Pharmacy
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY
Peter Wirth is Vice President of Business Development at RTI-HS and leads the business development team and activities for the entire portfolio of RTI-HS services. He applies various skills based on his 30 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. He has a wide range of experience in customer relationships, people management, sales, health economics and outcomes research, medical and drug information, marketing support, clinical trials, and product safety. He is involved in developing strategic alliances that support the needs and goals of RTI-HS clients.
Mr. Wirth is a pharmacist who began his career in 1988 working with GSK as a pharmaceutical representative in Monterey, CA. In 1992 he relocated to North Carolina and joined Ask the Pharmacist, a nationally known leader in the provision of medical and drug information services. He served as the VP of Sales and Client Operations and became responsible for operations, training, QA, HR, IT, and sales and marketing. During this time, Mr. Wirth was involved in the launch of more than 35 products, as well as several drug recall/withdrawal projects. In 1999, PPD acquired Ask the Pharmacist and Mr. Wirth was appointed as Senior Business Development Executive for PPD Market Development. He focused on selling their late-phase suite of services, which included product safety, medical writing, marketing-support programs, patient registries, postmarket studies (phase 3b/4), and medical and drug information. He also sold their risk management, health outcomes, and Rx-to-OTC switch studies. In 2004, Mr. Wirth joined Ninaza, Inc. as Director of Business Development and marketed their electronic data collection (EDC) services.