PharmQuest.com, a web-based drug development informatics service provider in San Jose, Calif., has appointed Boyd Poulsen, Dinesh Patel, and James O’Brien to its board of directors. Poulsen, chairman of PharmQuest.com’s board, had been senior vice-president of pharmaceutical development at Syntex (now Roche Global Development); Patel was founder and CEO of Theratech, which was acquired by Watson Pharmaceuticals last year; and O’Brien is president and CEO of O’Brien Marketing and Communications.