Azzur Consulting, a compliance and consulting organization dedicated to helping life science companies succeed, and Azzur Labs, a premier analytical laboratory headquartered in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, are pleased to announce the opening of a new location in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina. This joint venture located in Cary, NC facilitates the pairing of consultin
g services with analytical services that streamlines the outsourcing process and provides indispensable and unique services to the area. The opening of the new location was led by Azzur Consulting General Manager Shelley Preslar and Azzur Labs President Kym Faylor and will better serve the life sciences industry. It will allow for a collaborative approach and the opportunity to advance business strategies with clients and prospective clients in the region.
“The opening of the new location is an important step in realizing our goal of a national presence,” said Shelley Preslar. “This location will be the first of many important changes for Azzur in 2015.”
The opening of this location was initiated due to the exponential growth of the life science industry in the RTP area. The state has far outpaced the national average job growth rate in the biosciences.
“Within the drug discovery phase, outsourcing is a way to improve overall efficiency and reduce risk,” said Kym Faylor. “Companies no longer see it as a vendor/supplier relationship but as a partnership.