ZRG Partners, an executive search firm headquartered in Rochelle Park, New Jersey, announced this month that it purchased certain assets of executive search firm Fiore Global Search.

As part of the deal, Fiore’s former managing partner and CEO, Adam Fiore, will join ZRG as a managing director in the life sciences practice area.

“Adam and his team have strong expertise in the drug safety and pharmacovigilance areas, which will be leveraged within our global life science practice,” said Larry Hartmann, CEO of ZRG. “We have been impressed with how Fiore Global has built entire drug safety teams for several top global pharmaceutical companies, including Novartis and Bristol Myers-Squibb.

Fiore began his company in 2011 and has placed C-suite, VP and medical director roles at Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and midsize global biotechnology companies, according to ZRG.