Pfizer Policy Effort Adjusts To Obama Era: Adds Greg Simon, From Obama Transition
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Pfizer is aligning its internal policy shop to get more in tune with Democratic Washington. The first major staff change is Greg Simon moving from Faster Cures advocacy group to become senior VP-worldwide policy.
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