Dr. Norbert Clemens is Head of Clinical Development of CRS Clinical Research Services.

After gaining his MD in 1987 and his PhD three years later from the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany, Dr. Clemens pursued a successful academic career in a number of positions, including a year as an AIDS researcher in the public health service. He is a Board Certified Physiologist.
His introduction to the pharmaceutical industry was as a project manager at Intersan GmbH, Ettlingen, Germany, a subsidiary of the IPSEN group, where he had responsibilities across several therapeutic areas including endocrinology, neurology, dermatology and gastroenterology.
Dr. Clemens was Medical Director of Intersan/Ipsen Pharma and at the biotech company PAION for several years, during which he had a broad exposure to worldwide clinical research, project management and drug safety. Furthermore he was Medical Director R & D at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International in Switzerland.
Dr. Clemens was General Manager and Head Global Clinical Trial Services at Analytica International GmbH located in Loerrach, Germany. He is now Head of Clinical Development at CRS-Mannheim.

Dr. Clemens is immediate past president of the German Society of Pharmaceutical Medicine (DGPharMed) and member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP).