Roche Taps Scientific Heavyweight John Reed To Head Early Pharma R&D
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Roche has enlisted John Reed - head of the La Jolla-based Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute - to lead the Swiss group’s non-Genentech pharmaceutical R&D efforts.
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