Medidata Bolsters Senior Leadership Team

Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, has revamped part of its top leadership team. The firm named Pascal Daloz as CEO and Michael Pray as chief operating officer (COO).

Daloz played a key role in the success of the 2019 acquisition of Medidata. In Pray’s prior role as Medidata chief commercial officer, he was instrumental in the rapid growth of the company, which includes more than doubling total revenue to more than $1 billion and 100% growth in the number of customers during the last six years. Pray will lead the day-to-day operations at Medidata, and work closely with Daloz to build a complete solution set serving the life sciences industry at large.
 
“Customers are asking to do more with Medidata, and we are evolving to meet their digital transformation needs,”Daloz said. “Building on the strong foundation that has been set over the last 20 years, we will continue to pioneer unmatched solutions across the life sciences lifecycle. We are extremely committed to this industry and will continue investing to achieve the vision that includes prevention to precision medicine and discovery to distribution, in order to be at the center of every patient journey.”
 
Medidata is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, which with its 3DEXPERIENCE platform, is positioned to lead the digital transformation of life sciences in the age of personalized medicine with the first end-to-end scientific and business platform, from research to commercialization.
 
Medidata is leading the digital transformation of life sciences. It helps generate the evidence and insights to help pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and diagnostics companies, and academic researchers accelerate value, minimize risk, and optimize outcomes. More than 1 million registered users across 2,100-plus customers and partners access the firm’s platform for clinical development, commercial, and real-world data. Medidata is headquartered in New York City and has offices worldwide.
 
Dassault Systèmes provides collaborative 3D virtual environments to imagine sustainable innovations. The firm brings value to more than 300,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 140 countries.