June 8, 2010 (FinancialWire) — PDI, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDII), a leading provider of promotional outsourced services to healthcare companies, has appointed Gerald P. Belle to chairman of its board of directors, replacing retiring board chairman John P. Dugan.

Belle has been a director of the company since April of 2008 and has served as the lead independent director since July of 2009. From 2004 until his retirement in November of 2007, Belle served as executive chairman of Merial Ltd., a global animal health company that was a joint venture between Sanofi-aventis and Merck & Co.

New Jersey-based PDI provides commercialization services for the healthcare industry.

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