IntelliPharmaCeutics International Inc. has appointed Ira Baeringer as its vice president, business development, effective February 1, 2012. Mr. Baeringer will be assisting Intellipharmaceutics with the commercialization of products in its controlled-release generic drug Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) portfolio and 505(b)(2) New Drug Application (NDA) portfolio across markets inside and outside the United States. Mr. Baeringer brings 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical licensing, development, supply, acquisitions, divestitures, and alliance management. He was most recently with sanofi-aventis from 2009 to 2012, and was previously with Sandoz Inc., Dorland Sweeney Jones, Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. and TEVA Pharmaceuticals USA.