Flag­ship turns to No­var­tis HR gu­ru in lat­est ad­di­tion; David Grainger sad­dles up to new po­si­tion at Centes­sa while Pfiz­er's Rod MacKen­zie pre­pares to ride in­to the sun­set

→ In a de­vel­op­ment that just seemed to add up neat­ly giv­en Medicxi’s in­volve­ment with Centes­sa, the brain­child of Francesco de Ru­ber­tis has named fel­low Medicxi co-founder David Grainger as chief in­no­va­tion of­fi­cer. Div­ing in here at Centes­sa means that Grainger will cede his pre­vi­ous Medicxi re­spon­si­bil­i­ties but he will “con­tin­ue in a con­sult­ing ca­pac­i­ty,” as con­firmed by our Am­ber Tong on Tues­day.

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