Neox Clinical Research, a European clinical research organization with headquarters in the Czech Republic, will be opening an office in San Diego, California in the first quarter of 2012 as their North American headquarters.

"Opening an office in the United States is a natural geographic addition for our overall global growth strategy. As we continue to add clients, backlog, feature sets and staff in the U.S. it was an easy choice for us to open an office in San Diego," said Pavel Marek M.D., CEO, Neox.

Heading the U.S. operations is Matt Delaney, managing director, Neox U.S. Matt is an industry executive with more than 25 years of experience. He was previously vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for a mid-size global CRO.