USP hires former PBM exec as general counsel
Executive Summary
Susan de Mars joins U.S. Pharmacopeia as senior VP and general counsel from the law firm Reed Smith Nov. 15. She was formerly senior VP-governmental affairs for benefit manager AdvancePCS, where she focused on Medicare drug benefit issues and the development of compliance guidance for the pharmaceutical industry. USP is in the midst of developing model formulary guidelines for the Medicare prescription drug program (1"The Pink Sheet" Oct. 25, 2004, p. 26). De Mars succeeds Joseph Valentino, who is retiring from USP Dec. 15...