1970s - Tonkens

Ross M. Tonkens, M.D. ’74, has been hired by MDS Pharma Services, a provider of drug discovery and development solutions based in King of Prussia, Pa., to provide medical oversight for its Phase IIa clinical research activities and to direct the medical and clinical activities of its development and regulatory services. Prior to joining MDS, Tonkens was chief medical officer of Regado Biosciences, a Duke University biotechnology spinoff founded in 2003, and was global head of cardiovascular therapeutics at Quintiles Inc., a transnational contract research organization.