Pacific Pharmaceutical Services, LLC was founded in January 2010 by pharmaceutical industry veterans to provide tailored warehousing and related services to start-ups and emerging biotechs engaged in virtual or semi-virtual pharmaceutical development. We designed PPS services around our own needs in virtual pharmaceutical development - that is, we built PPS to provide the services we were looking for in other providers. From the start, our motivation has been to provide cGMP services consistently, as rapidly as needed, and of good value.
Our initial focus was on smaller companies operating in a virtual sense, where we could make a meaningful difference to client program management through our own development experience and tailored services. Our robust Quality Management System that drives all GMP operations within PPS supported a wide range of client programs and functional disciplines - primarily small molecules and biologics from CMC, non-clinical and clinical groups at the outset. Since our start, PPS has grown in terms of size and services, now with clients across the wider life sciences and healthcare fields, representing not just small molecules and biologics, but medical devices, veterinary products, nutritional products, and even consumer goods.
PPS can only deliver our services with consistency and responsiveness due to our talented staff. We are fully committed to developing local professionals, providing an opportunity for them to add GMP to their skills tool box, and introducing staff to the rigors of global pharmaceutical development and commercialization.
Scott Chadwick, PhD, MBA
President, Head of Quality and Founder
Scott has been active in the pharmaceutical industry for over 15 years as a process chemist, providing hands-on technical and operational leadership for development and commercial programs during his tenure at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Anthera Pharmaceuticals, and as a strategic CMC consultant to numerous virtual / emerging biotech companies. Scott founded and manages Pacific Pharmaceutical Services – a Reno, NV based cGMP pharmaceutical warehouse and service provider. He also co-founded and led Waterloo Pharmaceuticals, a start-up out of the University of Waterloo focused on advancing anti-infective medicines. Scott is currently active at the University of Nevada, Reno in developing new curriculum for pharmaceutical manufacturing and serves on the Dean of Sciences Industry Advisory Council. Scott received an MS in synthetic organic chemistry and a PhD in crystallography, both from Syracuse University, pursued post-doctoral studies in physical organic chemistry at Cornell University, and later obtained an MBA from San Francisco State University.
President, Head of Quality and Founder
Scott has been active in the pharmaceutical industry for over 15 years as a process chemist, providing hands-on technical and operational leadership for development and commercial programs during his tenure at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Anthera Pharmaceuticals, and as a strategic CMC consultant to numerous virtual / emerging biotech companies. Scott founded and manages Pacific Pharmaceutical Services – a Reno, NV based cGMP pharmaceutical warehouse and service provider. He also co-founded and led Waterloo Pharmaceuticals, a start-up out of the University of Waterloo focused on advancing anti-infective medicines. Scott is currently active at the University of Nevada, Reno in developing new curriculum for pharmaceutical manufacturing and serves on the Dean of Sciences Industry Advisory Council. Scott received an MS in synthetic organic chemistry and a PhD in crystallography, both from Syracuse University, pursued post-doctoral studies in physical organic chemistry at Cornell University, and later obtained an MBA from San Francisco State University.
Amy Lara, RN
Director of Operations
Amy has been with PPS since its start, contributing to the development of all services, the Quality Management System, and serving as Director of Operations. Amy provides leadership to PPS staff and manages all daily facility and service activities. Prior to PPS, Amy was a surgical and post-operative care nurse licensed in California and New York. While acting as Nursing Director for a private practice in California, Amy was responsible for the build-out and successful accreditation of the practice's expansion surgical center. Amy has been active her entire life with horses, both recreationally and in competitive showmanship. She routinely volunteers as a show judge for local youth organizations.
Director of Operations
Amy has been with PPS since its start, contributing to the development of all services, the Quality Management System, and serving as Director of Operations. Amy provides leadership to PPS staff and manages all daily facility and service activities. Prior to PPS, Amy was a surgical and post-operative care nurse licensed in California and New York. While acting as Nursing Director for a private practice in California, Amy was responsible for the build-out and successful accreditation of the practice's expansion surgical center. Amy has been active her entire life with horses, both recreationally and in competitive showmanship. She routinely volunteers as a show judge for local youth organizations.