Pharmacia execs
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
CEO Fred Hassan advises Pfizer he will not join firm's Board of Directors as vice chairman, Pfizer announces April 14. With Federal Trade Commission approval of merger of Pharmacia with Pfizer occurring the same day, Hassan says he plans to "pursue other career opportunities" later this month. Hassan is said to be a front runner for the CEO post at Schering-Plough (1"The Tan Sheet" April 7, 2003, p. 10). Separately, Pharmacia R&D President Goran Ando will leave the company to serve as CEO for UK biotech firm Celltech...