Bill Fraser Joins EORM to Lead Life Sciences Business Practice
EORM expanding EHS solutions to emerging bio-pharma, biomed and medical device companies
Sunnyvale, CA – October 18, 2006 Environmental and Occupational Risk Management Inc. (EORM®), a premier environmental, health and safety (EHS) management consulting firm, announced today that Bill Fraser has joined the Company’s Boston, MA team to lead its Life Sciences consulting practice.
Fraser has over 30 years of experience in pharma-chemical manufacturing, engineering, Environment, Health and Safety management, and process safety in the pharmaceutical industry. He spent more than 25 years at Merck & Company in progressive leadership roles including vice president of EHS where he led their global EHS organization. More recently, Fraser was the director of Business Development for Environmental Resources Management (ERM) and a consultant for Purdue Pharma Technologies. Fraser holds a BS in chemical engineering from City College of New York.
"Bill Fraser brings a wealth of experience to EORM in EHS management, process safety, and potent compound handling," commented Glenn Fishler, EORM president and CEO. "As practice leader for our Life Sciences team he’ll be an excellent resource for current EORM clients and will provide superior leadership as the Company further expands into the bio-pharma, biomed, and medical device industries."
EORM and Life Sciences
As part of its Life Sciences business practice, EORM provides EHS solutions from discovery through scale-up to emerging bio-pharma, biomed and medical device companies. These solutions include program support (e.g., EHS regulatory compliance, laboratory safety, radiation safety, and bio-safety) and design support on safe handling systems for new/novel potent compounds in laboratories and production suites. As these companies grow, EORM helps them meet rapidly evolving and complex EHS requirements through the development and implementation of management systems and provides support on corporate responsibility and reputation risk issues. EORM also works with large pharmaceutical companies to address new EHS challenges and emerging issues such as globalization of manufacturing capacity and increased pressure on EHS performance and risk management. In addition, EORM provides global support from process development across the value chain, including: Compliance Assurance, EHS Engineering, Process Safety, and Supplier/Contract Manufacturer Assessment.