People In The News: New Top Management At Vivus, Merck Serono; Obama Nominates New ASPE at HHS
Executive Summary
Vivus gets a new CEO and announces retirement of current president; Merck Serono announces a number of executive changes; Richard Frank is nominated to lead the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Evaluation and Planning at HHS; more personnel announcements in this month’s column.
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