Amgen Raises Profile Of Oncology Therapeutics Unit
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Newly promoted VP David Parkinson, MD, will oversee reconfigured oncology unit with separate supportive care and therapeutics groups.
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