Patrick R. Ayd has been appointed executive director of clinical operations for the BASi (Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.) clinical research unit in Baltimore, Maryland. He will be responsible for all phases of that operation, including the company’s new first-in-man research unit, a newly opened 10-bed facility that allows intensive monitoring of study participants, including cardiac monitoring, blood pressure and O2 with central monitoring and observation using the Philips comprehensive card...