Alliance Pharma and Drug Development Solutions Are Now Resolian

May 18, 2023

Alliance Pharma, a global leader providing bioanalytical, DMPK, and CMC testing services in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry, and Drug Development Solutions, Ltd. (acquired in 2022), today announced they will be operating under the new name Resolian — fully integrating the companies into one organization. This brings together the companies’ established bioanalytical laboratories and experts in the U.S., U.K., and most recently in Australia, as Resolian continues to expand and support the growing need for small and large molecule bioanalytical and analytical services globally.

“Resolian merges expertise from Alliance Pharma and Drug Development Solutions — two leading providers of bioanalysis and analytical sciences — to continue to deliver world-class solutions across all therapeutic modalities,” said Resolian CEO Patrick Bennett. “Together, we are a global team of experts dedicated to resolving complex challenges and our new name reflects this. Our primary resolution is to continue to support our partners worldwide with an accessible approach, proactive management, and needed innovations in drug development research.”

With an increasing demand for both analytical and bioanalytical solutions in the drug development market, Resolian retains established proximity with its clients in strategic regions while continuing to add global scalability and portability. This gives Resolian’s partners the ability to optimize analysis in support of their programs — enabling conduct of early phase development in one location, either Europe, the U.S., or Australia, as well as the capacity for later phase global clinical trials, including rare diseases, oncology, and targeted therapies.

About Resolian

Resolian (formerly Alliance Pharma Inc. and Drug Development Solutions Ltd.) is a leading global research laboratory that provides specialized services in GxP and nonregulated bioanalysis, drug metabolism/pharmacokinetics (DMPK), and GMP CMC analytical and materials science. Over 500 experts across the U.S., U.K., and Australia deliver quality results, ensuring the highest standard of regulatory compliance throughout the drug development continuum. Resolian’s dedicated laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art technology that meet the needs of preclinical and clinical programs at any scale.

 
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Zhiyang Zhao, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer

Zhiyang Zhao, Ph.D., serves as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) at Resolian. Dr. Zhao has over 30 years of pharmaceutical industry experience with special focus on drug metabolism and bioanalysis of small and large molecules in drug discovery and development. Dr. Zhao has previously held positions at Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, and Amgen. Before joining Resolian in 2015, Dr. Zhao served as Site Director of Preclinical Research at Amgen in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for over a decade. 

Currently, Dr. Zhao serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and as Editor-in-Chief of Drug Metabolism & Bioanalysis Letters, a journal by Bentham Science, which publishes in all areas of drug metabolism and bioanalysis. Dr. Zhao received his Ph.D. degree in Medicinal Chemistry from Virginia Polytechnic and State University (popularly known as Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia. 

Patrick Bennett

Chief Executive Officer

Patrick Bennett has over 35 years of experience in pharmaceutical analysis and laboratory management. Now CEO at Resolian, Patrick’s experience includes the roles of Strategic Marketing Director for Pharma with Thermo Fisher Scientific, LabCorp, and Vice President of Strategy and Development with PPD. 

Patrick earned a B.S. degree in Toxicology and a M.S. degree in Pharmacology from the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health at St. John’s University and an M.B.A in International Marketing from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University.